NEXT(1mh)

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version 1.8 · 3 versions
, in debian trixie, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

✨ NEXT 💖 (that's the 1mh manual, bestie)

okay so real quick — this is the next page from the nmh manuals, and it's literally the shortest lil bop ever because it's just show wearing a different outfit. let's get into it 🎀

🌸 NAME 🌸

next — show the next nmh message 💌

🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

next [-help] [-version] [+folder] [-showproc program] [-showmimeproc
     program] [-header | -noheader] [-checkmime | -nocheckmime]
     [switches for showproc or showmimeproc]

like yes that's a lot of brackets but she's flexible, she can do it all 💅

✨ DESCRIPTION ✨

so basically next does a show on the next message in the folder you specify — or the current one if you don't specify anything, no pressure 🫶

just like show, it takes any switches you hand it and passes them straight on to the program showproc or showmimeproc, which is the whole entire thing that actually lists the message for you. she's not doing the work herself, she's the manager 😭

this command is almost exactly equivalent to "show next" — like, basically the same girl, different font. so if you want all the details, go read the manual entry for show(1). that's where the lore lives 👑

🎀 FILES 🎀

  • $HOME/.mh_profile — the user profile 💖 (yes, your profile, your rules)

💜 PROFILE COMPONENTS 💜

  • Path: — to determine the user's nmh directory
  • Current-Folder: — to find the default current folder
  • showproc: — program to show non-MIME messages
  • showmimeproc: — program to show MIME messages

🌈 SEE ALSO 🌈

⭐ DEFAULTS ⭐

  • +folder — the current folder 💫
  • -checkmime
  • -header

🧚 CONTEXT 🧚

if you specify a folder, she becomes the current folder. periodt 💅 and the message that gets shown — aka the next message in sequence — becomes the current message. main character behavior, honestly 👑

💀 BUGS 💀

okay this is the part where things get a lil messy 🙈

next is really a link to the show program. so here's the tea: if you make a link to next and that link is not called next, your link will act like show instead. not the vibe you wanted, bestie 😭

to get around this, add a profile-entry for the link to your nmh profile, and add the argument next to the entry. slay ✅

that's the whole page, babes 🦋 this lil icon is from nmh-1.8, dated 1999-04-30 — vintage, iconic, still serving 🌸💖

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