document checkpoint/interact behavior.

1 files changed, 19 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/xc/programs/xmh/xmh.man b/xc/programs/xmh/xmh.man
index dc812b375..257b24d6c 100644
--- a/xc/programs/xmh/xmh.man
+++ b/xc/programs/xmh/xmh.man
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $XConsortium: xmh.man,v 1.34 94/04/17 20:24:06 dpw Exp gildea $
+.\" $XConsortium: xmh.man,v 1.35 94/08/02 02:14:54 gildea Exp swick $
 .\" Copyright (c) 1989, 1991, 1994  X Consortium
 .\" Copyright 1988, 1989, Digital Equipment Corporation.
 .\" 
@@ -674,7 +674,18 @@ otherwise dangerous, a popup dialog box will appear asking you to confirm the
 action.  This window will contain an ``Abort'' or ``No'' button and a
 ``Confirm'' or ``Yes''
 button.  Pressing the ``No'' button cancels the operation, and pressing
-the ``Yes'' will proceed with the operation. 
+the ``Yes'' will proceed with the operation.
+
+When \fIxmh\fR is run under a Release 6 session manager it will prompt
+the user for confirmation during a checkpoint operation.  The dialog
+box asks whether any current changes should be committed (saved)
+during the checkpoint.  Responding ``Yes'' will have the same effect
+as pressing the ``Commit Changes'' or ``Save Message'' buttons in the
+respective folder and view windows.  Responding ``No'' will cause the
+checkpoint to continue successfully to completion without actually
+saving any pending changes.  If the session manager disallows user
+interaction during the checkpoint a ``Yes'' response is assumed; i.e.
+all changes will be committed during the checkpoint.
 
 Some dialog boxes contain messages from \fIMH\fR.  Occasionally when the
 message is more than one line long,
@@ -1002,7 +1013,9 @@ and view.  The default is "xmh    X Consortium    R6".
 .TP 8
 .B blockEventsOnBusy
 Whether to disallow user input and show a busy cursor while \fIxmh\fP is
-busy processing a command.  Default is true.
+busy processing a command.  If false, the user can `mouse ahead' and
+type ahead; if true, user input is discarded when processing lengthy
+\fImh\fP commands.  The default is true.
 .PP
 .TP 8
 .B busyCursor
@@ -1514,6 +1527,9 @@ of the first toc and view, while trying to keep other \fIxmh\fP windows around.
 if any sequence definition in a particular folder contains more
 than \fIBUFSIZ\fP characters.  \fIxmh\fP tries to capture these messages
 and display them when they occur, but it cannot correct the problem.
+.br
+- Should save a temporary checkpoint file rather than requiring changes
+to be committed in the non-shutdown case.
 .SH AUTHOR
 Terry Weissman, formerly of Digital Western Research Laboratory
 .br