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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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