abook THANKS
------------
-Michael Wiedmann <mw@miwie.in-berlin.de>
-Brian Salter-Duke <b_duke@lacebark.ntu.edu.au>
-An Thi-Nguyen Le <anle@ews.uiuc.edu>
-Reinhard J Sammer <reinhard@sammer.net>
-Matt Anderson <anderm3@cs.rpi.edu>
-R. Shohn Trojacek <snazzle@galvani.tamu.edu>
-? <antirez@invece.org>
-Shao Zhang <shao@cia.com.au>
-Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net>
-Brian Medley <brian.medley@verizon.net>
+Michael Wiedmann
+Brian Salter-Duke
+An Thi-Nguyen Le
+Reinhard J Sammer
+Matt Anderson
+R. Shohn Trojacek
+Shao Zhang
+Gustavo Niemeyer
+Brian Medley
+Takahashi Tamotsu
See also AUTHORS
-.TH ABOOK 1 "March 18, 2000"
+.TH ABOOK 1 "June 6, 2003"
.nh
.SH NAME
abook \- text-based address book program
-.SH WARNING
-This man page is not completely up to date.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B abook
-[ \fB--help\fP | \fB--datafile\fP <filename> | \fB--mutt-query\fP <string> | \fB--convert\fP <inputformat> <inputfile> <outputformat> <outputfile> | \fB--add-email\fP | \fB--add-email-quiet\fP ]
+[ \fIOPTION\fR ]
.SH DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the
.B abook
equally useful on its own.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-\fB\-\-help\fP
+\fB\-h \-\-help\fP
Show usage.
.TP
-\fB\-\-datafile\fP <filename>
-Use an alternative addressbook file (default is $HOME/.abook.addressbook).
+\fB\-C \-\-config\fP \fI<filename>\fR
+Use an alternative configuration file (default is \fI$HOME/.abook/abookrc\fR).
.TP
-\fB\-\-mutt-query\fP <string>
-Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for <string>).
+\fB\-\-datafile\fP \fI<filename>\fR
+Use an alternative addressbook file (default is \fI$HOME/.abook/addressbook\fR).
+.TP
+\fB\-\-mutt\-query\fP \fI<string>\fR
+Make a query for mutt (search the addressbook for \fI<string>\fR).
.br
-The \fB\-\-datafile\fP option, as documented above, may be used BEFORE this
-option to search a different addressbook file.
+The \fB\-\-datafile\fP option, as documented above, may be used
+.BI BEFORE
+this option to search a different addressbook file.
.TP
-\fB\-\-convert\fP <inputformat> <inputfile> <outputformat> <outputfile>
-Converts <inputfile> in <inputformat> to <outputfile> in <outputformat>
+\fB\-\-convert\fP [ \fB\-\-informat\fP \fI<inputformat>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-infile\fP \fI<inputfile>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-outformat\fP \fI<outputformat>\fR ] [ \fB\-\-outfile\fP \fI<outputfile>\fR ]
+Converts \fI<inputfile>\fR in \fI<inputformat>\fR to \fI<outputfile>\fR in \fI<outputformat>\fR
+(defaults are \fBabook\fP, \fBstdin\fP, \fBtext\fP and \fBstdout\fP).
.br
-The following \fBinputformats\fP are supported:
+The following \fIinputformats\fR are supported:
.br
- \fBabook\fP abook native format
.br
- \fBcsv\fP comma separated values
.br
-The following \fBoutputformats\fP are supported:
+The following \fIoutputformats\fR are supported:
.br
- \fBabook\fP abook native format
.br
.br
- \fBcsv\fP comma separated values
.br
+- \fBpalmcsv\fP Palm comma separated values
+.br
- \fBelm\fP elm alias
.br
- \fBtext\fP plain text
.TP
\fB\-\-add-email-quiet\fP
Same as --add-email but doesn't confirm adding.
+.TP
+\fB\-\-formats\fP
+List available formats.
.SH COMMANDS DURING USE
Press '\fB?\fP' during use to get a list of commands.