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1 .\" This file is automatically generated. Do not edit!
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2 .\" @(#)$Id$
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3 .SC PROMPTER 1
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4 .NA
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5 prompter \- prompting editor front-end for MH
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6 .SY
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7 prompter
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8 \%[\-erase\ chr]
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9 \%[\-kill\ chr]
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10 \%[\-prepend] \%[\-noprepend]
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11 \%[\-rapid] \%[\-norapid]
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12 \%[\-doteof] \%[\-nodoteof]
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13 file
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14 \%[\-help]
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15 .DE
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16 This program is normally not invoked directly by users
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17 but takes the place of an editor and acts as an editor front\-end.
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18 It operates on an 822\-style message draft skeleton specified by file,
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19 normally provided by \fIcomp\fR, \fIdist\fR, \fIforw\fR, or \fIrepl\fR.
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20
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21 \fIPrompter\fR is an editor which allows rapid composition of
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22 messages.
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23 It is particularly useful to network and low\-speed
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24 (less than 2400 baud) users of \fIMH\fR.
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25 It is an \fIMH\fR program in that
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26 it can have its own profile entry with switches,
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27 but it is not invoked directly by the user.
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28 The commands \fIcomp\fR, \fIdist\fR, \fIforw\fR, and \fIrepl\fR
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29 invoke \fIprompter\fR as an editor,
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30 either when invoked with `\-editor\ prompter',
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31 or by the profile entry \*(lqEditor:\ prompter\*(rq,
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32 or when given the command `edit\ prompter' at \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq level.
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33
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34 For each empty component \fIprompter\fR finds in the draft,
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35 the user is prompted for a response;
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36 A <RETURN> will cause the whole component to be left out.
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37 Otherwise,
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38 a `\\' preceding a <RETURN> will continue the response on the next line,
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39 allowing for multiline components.
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40 Continuation lines \fBmust\fR begin with a space or tab.
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41
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42 Each non\-empty component is copied to the draft and displayed on the
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43 terminal.
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44
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45 The start of the message body is denoted by a blank line or a line of dashes.
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46 If the body is non\-empty, the prompt, which isn't written to the file, is
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47
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48 \*(lq--------Enter additional text\*(rq,
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49
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50 or (if `\-prepend' was given)
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51
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52 \*(lq--------Enter initial text\*(rq.
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53
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54 Message\-body typing is terminated with an end\-of\-file (usually CTRL\-D).
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55 With the `\-doteof' switch, a period on a line all by itself also signifies
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56 end\-of\-file.
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57 At this point control is returned to the calling program,
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58 where the user is asked \*(lqWhat now?\*(rq.
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59 See \fIwhatnow\fR for the valid options to this query.
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60
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61 By using the `\-prepend' switch, the user can add type\-in to the beginning
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62 of the message body and have the rest of the body follow.
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63 This is useful for the \fIforw\fR command.
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64
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65 By using the `\-rapid' switch,
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66 if the draft already contains text in the message\-body,
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67 it is not displayed on the user's terminal.
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68 This is useful for low\-speed terminals.
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69
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70 The line editing characters for kill and erase may be
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71 specified by the user via the arguments `\-kill\ chr' and `\-erase\ chr',
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72 where chr may be a character; or `\\nnn', where \*(lqnnn\*(rq is the
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73 octal value for the character.
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74
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75 An interrupt (usually CTRL\-C) during component typing will abort
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76 \fIprompter\fR and the \fIMH\fR command that invoked it.
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77 An interrupt during message\-body typing is equivalent to CTRL\-D,
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78 for historical reasons.
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79 This means that \fIprompter\fR should finish up and exit.
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80
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81 The first non\-flag argument to \fIprompter\fR
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82 is taken as the name of the draft file, and
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83 subsequent non\-flag arguments are ignored.
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84 .\" (\fIRepl\fR invokes editors with two file arguments:
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85 .\" the draft file name and the replied\-to message file name.)
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86 .Fi
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87 ^$HOME/\&.mh\(ruprofile~^The user profile
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88 ^/tmp/prompter*~^Temporary copy of message
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89 .Pr
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90 prompter\-next: To name the editor to be used on exit from \fIprompter\fR
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91 .Ps
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92 ^Msg\-Protect:~^To set mode when creating a new draft
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93 .Sa
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94 comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), whatnow(1)
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95 .De
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96 `\-prepend'
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97 .Ds
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98 `\-norapid'
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99 .Ds
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100 `\-nodoteof'
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101 .Co
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102 None
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103 .Hh
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104 The `\-rapid' option is particularly useful with \fIforw\fP, and
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105 `\-noprepend' is useful with \fIcomp\ \-use\fP.
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106
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107 The user may wish to link \fIprompter\fR under several names
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108 (e.g., \*(lqrapid\*(rq) and give appropriate switches
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109 in the profile entries under these names (e.g., \*(lqrapid: -rapid\*(rq).
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110 This facilitates invoking prompter differently for
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111 different \fIMH\fP commands (e.g., \*(lqforw: -editor rapid\*(rq).
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112 .Bu
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113 \fIPrompter\fR uses \fIstdio\fR\0(3), so it will lose if you edit files
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114 with nulls in them.
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115 .En
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