diff --git a/man/remind.1.in b/man/remind.1.in index fad57a76..1a24ded5 100644 --- a/man/remind.1.in +++ b/man/remind.1.in @@ -184,14 +184,14 @@ by the reminder's \fIdelta\fR. .TP .B \-p\fR[\fBa\fR][\fBp\fR][\fBp\fR][\fBq\fR][+]\fIn\fR The \fB\-p\fR option is very similar to the \fB\-s\fR option, except -that the output contains additional information for use by a back-end such as the -\fBRem2PS\fR program, which creates a PostScript calendar, and various -other back-end programs. If \fIn\fR starts with "+", then it specifies -a number of weeks rather than a number of months, and back-ends are expected -to produce weekly calendars. Note that not all back-ends support -weekly calendars; currently, only \fBrem2pdf\fR does. Specifying a weekly -calendar implicitly enables the pure JSON interchange format, similar -to \fB\-ppp\fR. +that the output contains additional information for use by a back-end +such as the \fBRem2PS\fR program, which creates a PostScript calendar, +and various other back-end programs. If \fIn\fR starts with "+", then +it specifies a number of weeks rather than a number of months, and +back-ends are expected to produce weekly calendars. Note that not all +back-ends support weekly calendars; currently, only \fBrem2pdf\fR and +\fBrem2html\fR do. Specifying a weekly calendar implicitly enables +the pure JSON interchange format, similar to \fB\-ppp\fR. .RS .PP The format of the \fB\-p\fR output is described in the \fBrem2ps(1)\fR @@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ format, again documented in \fBrem2ps(1)\fR. If you include a \fBq\fR letter with this option, then the normal calendar-mode substitution filter is disabled and the %"...%" sequences are preserved in the output. .PP +Note that to pass INFO strings to a back-end, you must use \fB\-pp\fR +or \fB\-ppp\fR. The simpler \fB\-p\fR format is not capable of +transmitting the INFO strings to the back-end. +.PP The \fB\-p\fR, \fB\-pp\fR and \fB\-ppp\fR options implicitly enable the \fB\-o\fR option. .PP