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issuing sox usage instructions from within libsox is inappropriate

--- a/soxformat.7

+++ b/soxformat.7

@@ -615,7 +615,13 @@

 options will cause a format conversion, and the \fB.wav\fR

 will written appropriately.

 .SP

-SoX can read and write PCM, \(*m-law, A-law, MS ADPCM, and IMA (or DVI) ADPCM.

+SoX can read and write linear PCM, \(*m-law, A-law, MS ADPCM, and IMA (or DVI) ADPCM.

+WAV files can also contain audio encoded in many other ways (not currently

+supported with SoX) e.g. MP3; in some cases such a file can still be

+read by SoX by overriding the file type, e.g.

+.EX

+   play -t mp3 mp3-encoded.wav

+.EE

 Big endian versions of RIFF files, called RIFX, are also supported.

 To write a RIFX file, use the

 .B \-B

--- a/src/wav.c

+++ b/src/wav.c

@@ -406,7 +406,7 @@

 static int wavfail(sox_format_t * ft, const char *format)

 {

-    lsx_fail_errno(ft, SOX_EHDR, "Unhandled WAV file encoding (%s).\nTry overriding the encoding: e.g. for an MP3 WAV, `-t mp3'", format);

+    lsx_fail_errno(ft, SOX_EHDR, "WAV file encoding `%s' is not supported", format);

     return SOX_EOF;

 }