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1.1 ! root 1: ''' $Header: Pnews.1,v 4.3 85/05/01 11:33:50 lwall Exp $ ! 2: ''' ! 3: ''' $Log: Pnews.1,v $ ! 4: ''' Revision 4.3 85/05/01 11:33:50 lwall ! 5: ''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd. ! 6: ''' ! 7: .de Sh ! 8: .br ! 9: .ne 5 ! 10: .PP ! 11: \fB\\$1\fR ! 12: .PP ! 13: .. ! 14: .de Sp ! 15: .if t .sp .5v ! 16: .if n .sp ! 17: .. ! 18: ''' ! 19: ''' Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash; ! 20: ''' string Tr holds user defined translation string. ! 21: ''' Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character. ! 22: ''' ! 23: .ie n \{\ ! 24: .tr \(bs-\*(Tr ! 25: .ds -- \(bs- ! 26: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch ! 27: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch ! 28: .ds L" "" ! 29: .ds R" "" ! 30: .ds L' ' ! 31: .ds R' ' ! 32: 'br\} ! 33: .el\{\ ! 34: .ds -- \(em\| ! 35: .tr \*(Tr ! 36: .ds L" `` ! 37: .ds R" '' ! 38: .ds L' ` ! 39: .ds R' ' ! 40: 'br\} ! 41: .TH PNEWS 1 LOCAL ! 42: .SH NAME ! 43: Pnews - a program for posting news articles ! 44: .SH SYNOPSIS ! 45: .B Pnews newsgroup title ! 46: .br ! 47: or ! 48: .br ! 49: .B Pnews -h headerfile [oldarticle] ! 50: .br ! 51: or ! 52: .br ! 53: .B Pnews ! 54: .SH DESCRIPTION ! 55: Pnews is a friendly interface for posting news articles. ! 56: It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your article, ! 57: and then post it using the inews(1) program. ! 58: If you type h and a carriage return at any point, ! 59: .I Pnews ! 60: will tell you what it wants to know. ! 61: .PP ! 62: The -h form is used when invoked from ! 63: .IR rn . ! 64: If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which ! 65: you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment ! 66: variable NEWSPOSTER as \*(L"Pnews -h %h %A\*(R". ! 67: You can also modify the the NEWSHEADER environment variable to change the ! 68: header file that ! 69: .I rn ! 70: passes to Pnews. ! 71: .SH ENVIRONMENT ! 72: .IP DOTDIR 8 ! 73: Where to find your dot files, if they aren't in your home directory. ! 74: .Sp ! 75: Default: $HOME ! 76: .IP EDITOR 8 ! 77: The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined. ! 78: .Sp ! 79: Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi. ! 80: .IP HOME 8 ! 81: Your home directory. ! 82: .Sp ! 83: Default: $LOGDIR ! 84: .IP LOGDIR 8 ! 85: Your home directory if HOME is undefined. ! 86: .IP LOGNAME 8 ! 87: Your login name, if USER is undefined. ! 88: .Sp ! 89: Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R". ! 90: .IP NAME 8 ! 91: Your full name. ! 92: .Sp ! 93: Default: name from /etc/passwd, or ~/.fullname. ! 94: .IP ORGANIZATION 8 ! 95: Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the ! 96: name of your organization. ! 97: .Sp ! 98: Default: whatever your news administrator chose. ! 99: .IP USER 8 ! 100: Your login name. ! 101: .Sp ! 102: Default: $LOGNAME ! 103: .IP VISUAL 8 ! 104: The editor you want to use. ! 105: .Sp ! 106: Default: $EDITOR ! 107: .SH FILES ! 108: /tmp/article$$ ! 109: .br ! 110: ~/dead.article ! 111: .SH SEE ALSO ! 112: rn(1), Rnmail(1), inews(1) ! 113: .SH DIAGNOSTICS ! 114: .SH BUGS ! 115: Not the speediest program in the world, but maybe that's a blessing to the ! 116: net.
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