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Unless otherwise specified, any command which prompts for a folder name will offer the user a default. Usually this is MH’s idea of the current folder, but sometimes it is the folder name associated with the current buffer if there is one. When prompting for a message, any valid MH message expression may be entered (for example, "1 3 6", "1-3 5 6", "unseen", "all"). Unless otherwise specified, a default will be offered (usually the current message).
Some commands mention specific MH utilities, so the user knows how the Hemlock command affects the state of MH and what profile components and special formatting files will be used. Hemlock runs the MH utility programs from a directory indicated by the following variable:
MH utility names are merged with this pathname to find the executable files.
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