Subject: pine questions

From: Pinhas Natan <[email-masked]>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 1997 01:35:47 +0300 (IDT)

hi ;

 I am a pine user . I 'll very approciate the following questions:

   a.  How can i use a MS Word (doc) attoched file ?
   b.  Is spelling chacker available ?

        Sincerily ; 
                                  Nathan Pinhas

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 29 Jun 1997 09:57:15 +0200

>> "PN" == Pinhas Natan <[email-masked]> writes:

PN> a.  How can i use a MS Word (doc) attoched file ?

Attach File Command

   The attach file command: Ctrl-J (with the cursor located in the header
   area of the message composition screen) is the primary means of
   attaching an external file as a MIME attachment. The attachment will
   be encoded to ensure safe delivery at the receiving end, which means
   that you can attach any type of file: spreadsheet, CAD drawing,
   desktop-published document, clipart graphic, and so on. However, the
   recipient of your message needs to have email software capable (more
   and more are) of handling MIME attachments.

   The file to be attached must be on the same system as Pine. If you use
   Pine on a Unix machine but have files on a PC or Macintosh, the files
   must be transferred to the Unix system running Pine before they can be
   attached to the message being composed. Please ask your local
   consultants about the correct way to transfer a file to your Pine
   system as the method will vary from site to site.

   You cannot use any wildcards in specifying the file to be included.
   You can type in the filename directly or use Pine's file browser to
   select one from the listing of files in your directory.

PN> b.  Is spelling chacker available ?

Spell Check Command

   (Note: there is no spell checker for the 32-bit version of PC-Pine as
   of 27 Sep. 1996. For the 16-bit version, see the section on
   spell-checking in Customization and Configuration in the Pine
   Questions and Answers.)

   Pressing Ctrl-T calls up the standard spell checker, or an alternate
   program you specified in the speller variable in your configuration.
   The standard Unix spell checker reads in all the new lines of text
   (those which do not begin with the ">") and passes them through the
   spell checker. The spell checker does not provide alternative
   spellings nor does it remember correct words from session to session.

   When you first use the standard Unix spell checker, it may appear that
   it is randomly jumping all around your message - actually, the spell
   checker processes your message one word at a time, in alphabetical
   order. Other spell checkers such as ispell for Unix operate
   differently and offer more features, such as creating a personal
   "dictionary" of words.     

In other words: RTFM, young man :-)

Later,
Robin

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Political Science Dept., Bonn University, Bonn
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