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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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