PROMPTER(1MH)           COMMAND REFERENCE           PROMPTER(1MH)



NAME
     prompter - prompts the editor front end

SYNOPSIS
     This program is not called directly but takes the place of
     an editor and acts as an editor front end.

     prompter [ -erase c ] [ -kill c ] [ -editor editor ] [
     -noeditor ] [ -help ] draftfile

DESCRIPTION
     Prompter is an editor for rapidly composing mail messages.
     It is an MH program in that it can have its own profile
     entry with switches, but it can't be invoked directly as all
     other MH commands can.

     Prompter is normally called from comp, repl, dist, or forw,
     with a draft file as an argument.  For example:

          comp -editor prompter

     calls prompter with the file draft already set up with blank
     components (such as To:, Cc:, etc).  For each blank
     component prompter finds in the draft, it prompts you to
     enter a value for the component and accepts your response.
     Pressing <RETURN> causes the whole component to be left out
     of the message.

     A '\' preceding a <RETURN> continues the response on the
     next line, allowing for multiline components.  An ESC causes
     the component to be left in the output file, but to have an
     empty value.  Any component that is non-blank is copied and
     echoed to your terminal.

     If you don't specify any switches, prompter uses the editor
     specified by your EDIT environment variable, or if that is
     not set, /bin/xed to edit the mail message.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:
          prompter-next:  To name the editor to be used on exit from prompter

     Prompter has the following defaults:

          -noeditor

OPTIONS
     -editor editor
                 Enter editor after the components are entered.

     -erase c    Use c as the erase character.

     -help       Display a synopsis of the prompter command.



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     -kill c     Use c as the kill character.

     -noeditor   Don't use an editor.  You enter the message
                 following the line of dashes and end it with an
                 <ESC> or a <Ctrl-D>.  If the body is non-blank,
                 the prompt is '--------Enter additional text'.

SEE ALSO
     comp(1mh), folder(1mh), forw(1mh), inc(1mh), mail(1mh),
     next(1mh), pick(1mh), prev(1mh), prompter(1mh), refile(1mh),
     repl(1mh), rmf(1mh), rmm(1mh), scan(1mh), send(1mh), and
     show(1mh).











































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