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1.1       root        1: .th FORML I 10/24/72
                      2: .sh NAME
                      3: forml _ form letter generator processor
                      4: .sh SYNOPSIS
                      5: .bd forml
                      6: [ name ] ...
                      7: .sh DESCRIPTION
                      8: A streamlined program for typing form letters.
                      9: The names pick out
                     10: prestored form letters prepared according to the conventions
                     11: of
                     12: .it form
                     13: and
                     14: .it roff.
                     15: The program prompts to get each blank
                     16: filled in.
                     17: When all the forms are completed, it prompts "Set paper."
                     18: It waits for a newline before printing each letter.
                     19: .s3
                     20: If more than one name is given, the name of 
                     21: each letter is announced
                     22: before the prompts for it begin.
                     23: If no names are given, the program asks "Which letter?" before
                     24: each.
                     25: Respond with the name and a newline, or newline only when done.
                     26: .s3
                     27: On a 2741 type terminal, the program assumes the
                     28: letter is to be typed with a correspondence ball,
                     29: and also prompts "Change ball."
                     30: Replace the ball at the end.
                     31: .s3
                     32: .sh FILES
                     33: form.m (memory),
                     34: .br
                     35: forma, formb, ...      temporaries
                     36: .sh "SEE ALSO"
                     37: form(I), fed(I), roff(I)
                     38: .sh DIAGNOSTICS
                     39: "Try again"_can't get a process
                     40: .sh BUGS

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