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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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