+.TH PROMPTER %manext1% "January 18, 2001" "%nmhversion%"
.\"
.\" %nmhwarning%
-.\" $Id$
.\"
-.TH PROMPTER %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%]
.SH NAME
prompter \- prompting editor front-end for nmh
.SH SYNOPSIS
.HP 5
.na
.B prompter
+.RB [ \-help ]
+.RB [ \-version ]
.RB [ \-erase
.IR chr ]
.RB [ \-kill
.RB [ \-rapid " | " \-norapid ]
.RB [ \-doteof " | " \-nodoteof ]
.I file
-.RB [ \-version ]
-.RB [ \-help ]
-.fi
+.ad
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.B Prompter
+.B prompter
is an editor front\-end for
.B nmh
which allows rapid
composition of messages. This program is not normally invoked directly by
users but takes the place of an editor and acts as an editor front\-end.
-It operates on an RFC\-822 style message draft skeleton specified by
+It operates on an RFC 822 style message draft skeleton specified by
.IR file ,
normally provided by the
.B nmh
or
.BR repl .
.PP
-.B Prompter
+.B prompter
is particularly useful when composing messages over slow
network or modem lines. It is an
.B nmh program in that it can have
the draft file, and subsequent non\-flag arguments are ignored.
.\" (\fIRepl\fR invokes editors with two file arguments:
.\" the draft file name and the replied\-to message file name.)
-
.SH FILES
.fc ^ ~
.nf
-.ta \w'%etcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
+.ta \w'%nmhetcdir%/ExtraBigFileName 'u
^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
^/tmp/prompter*~^Temporary copy of message
.fi
-
.SH "PROFILE COMPONENTS"
.fc ^ ~
.nf
prompter\-next: To name the editor to be used on exit from .B prompter
^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new draft
.fi
-
.SH "SEE ALSO"
-comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), whatnow(1)
-
+.IR comp (1),
+.IR dist (1),
+.IR forw (1),
+.IR repl (1),
+.IR whatnow (1)
.SH DEFAULTS
.nf
.RB ` \-prepend '
.RB ` \-norapid '
.RB ` \-nodoteof '
.fi
-
.SH CONTEXT
None
-
.SH "HELPFUL HINTS"
The
.B \-rapid
.B nmh
commands (e.g.,
\*(lqforw: -editor rapid\*(rq).
-
.SH BUGS
-.B Prompter
+.B prompter
uses
-.BR stdio (3),
+.IR stdio (3),
so it will lose if you edit files with nulls in them.