Jerry Peek <jpeek(_at_)jpeek(_dot_)com> wrote:
It's always bugged me that MH/nmh starts to install a new user setup if
it can't find something it's looking for -- like the MH (.mh_profile)
file. IMHO, it should simply fail and print an error message that gives
the pathname of the MH file that it's looking for (that's either the
setting of the MH envariable, or $HOME/.mh_profile). It could also tell
the user how to install MH/nmh. The error could say something like:
"<progname>: aborting: can't read <pathname-of-MH-file>. Check your MH
environment variable (if any) or run install-mh to install nmh."
I vote for that feature.
-NWR