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NAME
     comp - compose a message

SYNOPSIS
     comp [ filename ][ -editor editor ][ -form formfilename ][
     -use ] [ -nouse ]
     [ [ -wait ][ [ -nowait ][ [ -output ][ [ -nooutput ][ [
     -nouse ][ -build ] ]
     [ -help ]

DESCRIPTION
     Comp is used to create a new message to be mailed.  If
     filename is not specified, the file named draft in the
     user's MH directory will be used.  Comp copies a message
     form to the file being composed and then invokes an editor
     on the file.  The default editor is /bin/prompter, which may
     be overridden with the -editor switch or with a profile
     entry Editor: or with the environment variable EDITOR.  (See
     prompter(1mh) for details.) The default message form
     contains the following elements:

          To:
          Cc:
          Subject:
          ----------

     If the file named components exists in the user's MH
     directory, it will be used instead of this form.  If -form
     formfilename is specified, the specified formfilename (from
     the MH directory) will be used as the skeleton.  The line of
     dashes or a blank line must be left between the header and
     the body of the message for the message to be identified
     properly when it is sent (see send(1mh)).  The switch -use
     directs comp to continue editing an already started message.
     That is, if a comp (or repl, or forw) is terminated without
     sending the message, the message can be edited again via
     comp -use .

     If the specified file (or draft) already exists, comp will
     ask if you want to delete it before continuing.  A reply of
     No will abort the comp, yes will replace the existing draft
     with a blank skeleton, list will display the draft, and use
     will use it for further composition.

     Upon exiting from the editor, comp will ask What now? . The
     valid responses are list, to list the draft on the terminal;
     format, to run pretty-up the message (see fmt(1mh)); quit,
     to terminate the session and preserve the draft;
     quit delete, to terminate, then delete the draft; send, to
     send the message; send verbose, to cause the delivery
     process to be monitored; edit< editor >, to invoke <editor>
     for further editing; and edit, to re-edit using the same



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     editor that was used on the preceding round unless a profile
     entry <lasteditor>-next: <editor> names an alternative
     editor.

     Your .mh_profile can contain the following entries:

          Path: To determine the user's MH directory
          Editor: To override the use of /bin/prompter
          as the default editor
          <lasteditor>-next: To name an editor to be used after exit
          from <lasteditor>

     Comp has the following defaults:

          filename defaults to draft
          -editor defaults to /bin/prompter
          -nouse
          -wait
          -output

     Comp does not affect either the current folder or the
     current message.

OPTIONS
     -editor editor
             Overrides the default editor with editor.

     -form formfilename
             The specified formfilename (from the MH directory)
             will be used as the skeleton format.

     -help   Displays a synopsis of the comp command.

     -nouse  Causes comp to ignore any previously started
             messages.

     -use    Causes comp to continue editing an already started
             message.

     -wait   Causes comp to wait until the message is sent before
             terminating.

     -nowait Causes comp to terminate immediately after selecting
             send.  This is useful for sending message quickly.

     -output Causes comp to print error messages to the terminal.

     -nooutput
             Causes comp to not print error messages.

     -build  Causes the message to be built but not sent.




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FILES
     /usr/lib/mh/components
                      The message skeleton

     <mh-dir>/components
                      Used instead of the standard skeleton

     $HOME/.mh_profile
                      The user profile

     <mh-dir>/draft   The default message file

     /bin/send        To send the composed message

SEE ALSO
     fmt(1mh), folder(1mh), forw(1mh), inc(1mh), mail(1mh),
     mh(1mh), mhl(1mh), next(1mh), pick(1mh), prev(1mh),
     prompter(1mh), refile(1mh), repl(1mh), rmf(1mh), rmm(1mh),
     scan(1mh), send(1mh), show(1mh), mh(5mh), and
     mh_profile(5mh).



































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