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1.1     ! root        1: ''' $Header: Pnews.1,v 4.3.1.2 85/08/01 14:22:48 lwall Exp $
        !             2: ''' 
        !             3: ''' $Log:      Pnews.1,v $
        !             4: ''' Revision 4.3.1.2  85/08/01  14:22:48  lwall
        !             5: ''' Added AUTHORCOPY.
        !             6: ''' 
        !             7: ''' Revision 4.3.1.1  85/05/10  11:30:30  lwall
        !             8: ''' Branch for patches.
        !             9: ''' 
        !            10: ''' Revision 4.3  85/05/01  11:33:50  lwall
        !            11: ''' Baseline for release with 4.3bsd.
        !            12: ''' 
        !            13: .de Sh
        !            14: .br
        !            15: .ne 5
        !            16: .PP
        !            17: \fB\\$1\fR
        !            18: .PP
        !            19: ..
        !            20: .de Sp
        !            21: .if t .sp .5v
        !            22: .if n .sp
        !            23: ..
        !            24: '''
        !            25: '''     Set up \*(-- to give an unbreakable dash;
        !            26: '''     string Tr holds user defined translation string.
        !            27: '''     Bell System Logo is used as a dummy character.
        !            28: '''
        !            29: .ie n \{\
        !            30: .tr \(bs-\*(Tr
        !            31: .ds -- \(bs-
        !            32: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=24u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-12u'-\" diablo 10 pitch
        !            33: .if (\n(.H=4u)&(1m=20u) .ds -- \(bs\h'-12u'\(bs\h'-8u'-\" diablo 12 pitch
        !            34: .ds L" ""
        !            35: .ds R" ""
        !            36: .ds L' '
        !            37: .ds R' '
        !            38: 'br\}
        !            39: .el\{\
        !            40: .ds -- \(em\|
        !            41: .tr \*(Tr
        !            42: .ds L" ``
        !            43: .ds R" ''
        !            44: .ds L' `
        !            45: .ds R' '
        !            46: 'br\}
        !            47: .TH PNEWS 1 LOCAL
        !            48: .SH NAME
        !            49: Pnews - a program for posting news articles
        !            50: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !            51: .B Pnews newsgroup title
        !            52: .br
        !            53:   or
        !            54: .br
        !            55: .B Pnews -h headerfile [oldarticle]
        !            56: .br
        !            57:   or
        !            58: .br
        !            59: .B Pnews
        !            60: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            61: Pnews is a friendly interface for posting news articles.
        !            62: It will ask several questions, then allow you to enter your article,
        !            63: and then post it using the inews(1) program.
        !            64: If you type h and a carriage return at any point,
        !            65: .I Pnews
        !            66: will tell you what it wants to know.
        !            67: .PP
        !            68: The -h form is used when invoked from
        !            69: .IR rn .
        !            70: If your editor can edit multiple files, and you want the article to which
        !            71: you are replying to show up as an alternate file, define the environment
        !            72: variable NEWSPOSTER as \*(L"Pnews -h %h %A\*(R".
        !            73: You can also modify the the NEWSHEADER environment variable to change the
        !            74: header file that
        !            75: .I rn
        !            76: passes to Pnews.
        !            77: .SH ENVIRONMENT
        !            78: .IP AUTHORCOPY 8
        !            79: If defined, contains the name of a file to which the finished article will
        !            80: be appended.
        !            81: .Sp
        !            82: Default: article not saved
        !            83: .IP DOTDIR 8
        !            84: Where to find your dot files, if they aren't in your home directory.
        !            85: This is primarily for accounts which are shared by more than one person.
        !            86: .Sp
        !            87: Default: $HOME
        !            88: .IP EDITOR 8
        !            89: The editor you want to use, if VISUAL is undefined.
        !            90: .Sp
        !            91: Default: whatever your news administrator installed, usually vi.
        !            92: .IP HOME 8
        !            93: Your home directory.
        !            94: .Sp
        !            95: Default: $LOGDIR
        !            96: .IP LOGDIR 8
        !            97: Your home directory if HOME is undefined.
        !            98: .IP LOGNAME 8
        !            99: Your login name, if USER is undefined.
        !           100: .Sp
        !           101: Default: value of \*(L"whoami\*(R".
        !           102: .IP NAME 8
        !           103: Your full name.
        !           104: .Sp
        !           105: Default: name from /etc/passwd, or ~/.fullname.
        !           106: .IP ORGANIZATION 8
        !           107: Either the name of your organization, or the name of a file containing the
        !           108: name of your organization.
        !           109: .Sp
        !           110: Default: whatever your news administrator chose.
        !           111: .IP USER 8
        !           112: Your login name.
        !           113: .Sp
        !           114: Default: $LOGNAME
        !           115: .IP VISUAL 8
        !           116: The editor you want to use.
        !           117: .Sp
        !           118: Default: $EDITOR
        !           119: .SH FILES
        !           120: $DOTDIR/.article
        !           121: .br
        !           122: ~/dead.article
        !           123: .SH SEE ALSO
        !           124: rn(1), Rnmail(1), inews(1)
        !           125: .SH DIAGNOSTICS
        !           126: .SH BUGS
        !           127: Not the speediest program in the world, but maybe that's a blessing to the
        !           128: net.

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