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                      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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