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prompter(1)							   prompter(1)

NAME
       prompter	 -  prompting editor front-end (only available within the mes‐
       sage handling system, mh)

SYNOPSIS
       prompter [options] file

OPTIONS
       Adds text to the beginning of the message body, so that the rest of the
       body  follows.  This  is useful for the forw command.  You can suppress
       this behavior by using the -noprepend option.  Causes the text  not  to
       be displayed on your terminal if the draft already contains text in the
       message-body. This is useful for low-speed terminals. You can  suppress
       this behavior by using the -norapid option.  Specifies the line-editing
       characters, where char may be a character or \nnn,  where  nnn  is  the
       octal  value for the character.	Specifies the line-editing characters,
       where char may be a character or \nnn, where nnn is the octal value for
       the character.

       The  first  argument to prompter which is not an option is taken as the
       name of	the  draft  file,  and	subsequent  non-option	arguments  are
       ignored.

       The default settings for prompter are:

       -prepend
       -norapid

DESCRIPTION
       The  prompter  editor  is  a rudimentary editor provided by comp, dist,
       forw, and repl. It is automatically called by the above	commands;  you
       do not need to specify it.

       The  prompter  editor allows rapid composition of messages.  It is par‐
       ticularly useful to network and low-speed (less than 2400  baud)	 users
       of MH.

       The prompter editor is an MH program. Although is not invoked directly,
       it can have its own profile entry with options; see mh_profile(4).  The
       comp,  dist,  forw,  and	 repl commands invoke prompter in one of three
       ways: when invoked with the -editor prompter option; by an entry in the
       file;  or  by a command at the What now?	 prompt. If you do not specify
       an editor in any of these ways, MH provides  prompter  as  the  default
       editor for all of these commands.

       For  information on how to use a different editor with MH commands, see
       the reference pages for the  appropriate	 commands,  and	 also  mh_pro‐
       file(4).

   Composing a Message with prompter
       When  you create a message with an MH command, the mail system provides
       a message template for you to fill in. This template  consists  of  two
       parts:  the  message  header, comprising a number of header fields; and
       the body of the message, which is the area where you type the  text  of
       your message.

       The  prompter editor displays each header field, one at a time, for you
       to fill in. Fill in the component by typing the	text  that  you	 want.
       Type  <RETURN>  to move onto the next component. Once you have moved on
       from a header field, you cannot edit what you have entered.

       If you want to leave a header field empty, simply type  <RETURN>.   You
       can  continue  a	 header field over one line by typing a back-slash (\)
       before the <RETURN>. Continuation lines must  start  with  a  blank  (a
       space or a tab).

       The start of the message body is indicated by a blank line or a line of
       dashes. If you are creating a new message, the cursor is placed beneath
       this  line  to  allow  you to enter text. If there is already some body
       text in the message (for example, if you are using an  existing	draft,
       or if you are forwarding a message), you will receive a prompt:
	   --------Enter additional text

       or:
	   --------Enter initial text

       The cursor is placed under the prompt to allow you to enter text.

       To  finish  the	message, type <CTRL/D>. You will then receive a prompt
       asking What now?. See whatnow(1) for more details of responses.

       An interrupt, usually <CTRL/C>,	during	component  typing  will	 abort
       prompter	 and  the MH command that invoked it. An interrupt during mes‐
       sage-body typing is equivalent to <CTRL/D>, for historical reasons.

RESTRICTIONS
       The prompter editor will not work with files with nulls in them.

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       prompter-next: To name the editor to be used on exit from prompter

       Msg-Protect: To set protections when creating a new draft

FILES
       The user profile.  Temporary copy of message.

SEE ALSO
       comp(1), dist(1), forw(1), repl(1), whatnow(1), mh_profile(4)

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