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1.1 ! root 1: .\"$Header: /f/osi/others/quipu/uips/pod/RCS/pod.1c,v 7.0 90/06/12 13:16:01 mrose Exp $" ! 2: .TH Pod 1C "16 Jan 1909" ! 3: .SH NAME ! 4: Pod \- X-windows based directory user agent. ! 5: .SH SYNOPSIS ! 6: .B pod ! 7: [ OPTIONS ] ! 8: .SH DESCRIPTION ! 9: .PP ! 10: \fIPod\fR is an x-windows interface to ! 11: the Quipu implementation of the X500 directory intended for ! 12: novice users. ! 13: .PP ! 14: X500 is a worldwide directory service providing ! 15: information on people, places and organizations. ! 16: As yet it is still in it's infancy and thus the amount ! 17: of information contained in the directory is limited. ! 18: The directory can be thought of as an `electronic phonebook'. ! 19: Like a phonebook, ! 20: a geographic structure is imposed on the data; ! 21: no phonebook lists all people in the world in a single alphabetic sequence. ! 22: It is necessary to have some idea of where a person might be before starting ! 23: to search for them. ! 24: The directory is similar; ! 25: information is held in a hierarchical structure, ! 26: with data on countries held at the top level of the hierarchy ! 27: and information on organizations, ! 28: and the entities contained therein ! 29: (people, ! 30: departments etc.), ! 31: held below this. ! 32: .PP ! 33: \fIPod\fR relies heavily on the concept of the user 'navigating' ! 34: around the directory database. ! 35: 'visiting' entries. ! 36: At any one time the user occupies a single position in the ! 37: directory, ! 38: where this position corresponds to some directory entry, ! 39: e.g. the country Great Britain. ! 40: The name of the currently visited entry ! 41: is shown in the upper right window of ! 42: \fIpod\fR's main screen. ! 43: This name has a form similar to that of a postal address, ! 44: as shown in the example below. ! 45: .sp ! 46: .in +.5i ! 47: .nf ! 48: The World ! 49: .br ! 50: Country = Great Britain ! 51: .br ! 52: Organization = Brunel University ! 53: .fi ! 54: .in -.5i ! 55: .sp ! 56: The user can browse below the current position using ! 57: the search and list functions, ! 58: details of which can be found using the on-line help ! 59: system. ! 60: Information on entries visited is displayed automatically ! 61: in the lower right window of the main screen. ! 62: .br ! 63: .SH "OPTIONS" ! 64: Pod supports the command line options listed below. ! 65: .TP 12 ! 66: .BI \-c ! 67: Bind to named directory system agent. ! 68: Pod binds to your local dsa, ! 69: if not otherwise requested. ! 70: .TP ! 71: .BI \-fn ! 72: Use named font. ! 73: The default font is helvetica, ! 74: with point size 11. ! 75: .TP ! 76: .BI \-display ! 77: Run pod on named display. ! 78: As with all other X applications, ! 79: pod looks for the environment variable 'DISPLAY' ! 80: or else runs on 'unix:0.0'. ! 81: .TP ! 82: .BI \-fg ! 83: Set foreground colour. ! 84: .TP ! 85: .BI \-bg ! 86: Set background colour. ! 87: .SH "SEE ALSO" ! 88: dish(1c) sd(1c) xd(1c) sd(5) ! 89: .br ! 90: \fIThe ISO Development Environment: User's Manual, Volume 5: QUIPU\fR ! 91: .br ! 92: ISO 9594: ! 93: \fIInformation Processing \-\- Open Systems Interconnection \-\- ! 94: The Directory\fR ! 95: .SH AUTHORS ! 96: [email protected] ! 97: .br ! 98: [email protected] ! 99: .br ! 100: [email protected] ! 101: .br
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