X-Git-Url: https://diplodocus.org/git/nmh/blobdiff_plain/c59d387888272695ccf163a8057275dbdc77afd0..75e2b025b151dc5191ed586ced39cf68c3aaa3b4:/man/prompter.man diff --git a/man/prompter.man b/man/prompter.man index a1adcf29..39e8c8d4 100644 --- a/man/prompter.man +++ b/man/prompter.man @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH PROMPTER %manext1% "%nmhdate%" MH.6.8 [%nmhversion%] +.TH PROMPTER %manext1% "January 18, 2001" "%nmhversion%" .\" .\" %nmhwarning% .\" @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ prompter \- prompting editor front-end for nmh .HP 5 .na .B prompter +.RB [ \-help ] +.RB [ \-version ] .RB [ \-erase .IR chr ] .RB [ \-kill @@ -16,17 +18,15 @@ prompter \- prompting editor front-end for nmh .RB [ \-rapid " | " \-norapid ] .RB [ \-doteof " | " \-nodoteof ] .I file -.RB [ \-version ] -.RB [ \-help ] .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 @@ -37,7 +37,7 @@ commands 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 @@ -135,12 +135,12 @@ should finish up and exit. The first non\-flag argument to .B prompter is taken as the name of the draft file, and subsequent non\-flag arguments are ignored. -.\" (\fIRepl\fR invokes editors with two file arguments: +.\" (\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 @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ prompter\-next: To name the editor to be used on exit from .B prompter .IR comp (1), .IR dist (1), .IR forw (1), -.IR repl(1), +.IR repl (1), .IR whatnow (1) .SH DEFAULTS .nf @@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ invoking prompter differently for different 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.