poor USD docs, we always forget you! ...document ~x

3 files changed, 15 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail4.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail4.nr
index b9bf05241af..de9717dadbf 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail4.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail4.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mail4.nr,v 1.5 2004/06/04 00:04:54 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mail4.nr,v 1.6 2008/11/03 18:20:45 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -278,6 +278,14 @@ to the file
 .q dead.letter
 in your home directory.
 .pp
+If you wish to abort the current message,
+without saving any copy of it whatsoever,
+even if the \fBsave\fP option is set,
+you can use the escape
+.(l
+~x
+.)l
+.pp
 If you wish (for some reason) to send a message that contains
 a line beginning with a tilde, you must double it.  Thus, for example,
 .(l
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
index 2844ade5abd..aecaf61a126 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail5.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mail5.nr,v 1.5 2004/06/04 00:04:54 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mail5.nr,v 1.6 2008/11/03 18:20:45 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -504,7 +504,9 @@ beginning of a line, or a . alone on a line if you set the option
 To abort the message, type two interrupt characters (Control-C
 by default) in a row or use the
 .b ~q
-escape.
+or
+.b ~x
+escapes.
 The \fBmail\fP command can be abbreviated to \fBm\fP.
 .ip "\fBmbox\fP\ \ "
 Indicate that a list of messages be sent to
diff --git a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
index e74b3a8ea13..0a378414d98 100644
--- a/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
+++ b/usr.bin/mail/USD.doc/mail9.nr
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\"	$OpenBSD: mail9.nr,v 1.5 2004/06/04 00:04:54 jmc Exp $
+.\"	$OpenBSD: mail9.nr,v 1.6 2008/11/03 18:20:45 jmc Exp $
 .\"
 .\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1993
 .\"	The Regents of the University of California.  All rights reserved.
@@ -173,6 +173,7 @@ _
 ~t	name ...	Add names to To: field
 ~v		Invoke screen editor on message
 ~w	filename	Write message on file
+~x		Abort entry of letter without saving any copy
 ~|	command	Pipe message through \fIcommand\fP
 ~:	Mail command	Execute a \fIMail\fP command
 ~~	string	Quote a ~ in front of \fIstring\fP