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> > Which is exactly why I originally suggested (a while back in this
> > thread) that there should be a nnmlmh that dealt with both.
> 
> I think I neglected to mention that nnmh will start taking
> .mh_sequence into account, and will keep it updated.

This will be difficult to do properly.

First of all, the name of the sequence file (default is .mh_sequence)
can be changed in the MH/nmh configuration file ".mh_profile".

Second, there are 2 kinds of sequences.  The most common is a
"public" sequence, which is kept in the .mh_sequence (or equivalent)
file, for the given folder.  The other is a "private" sequence
which is kept in the users MH/nmh global "context" file (whose
name can also be changed in the .mh_profile).

And to make matters worse, the name of the MH/nmh configuration file
(default is .mh_profile) can be changed using environment variables.

MH/nmh has a considerable amount of code to keep all this straight.

Richard Coleman          (nmh developer)
coleman@math.gatech.edu