Subject: Pine Help??

From: markstokes <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:27:20 -0600

I have a homepage at my college wich uses pine.  What is the command
that I use when I want to bring it up and edit it using pico. 
Thanks
Joe Abellard
[email-masked]

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 15 Dec 1997 22:17:34 +0100

>> "m" == markstokes  <[email-masked]> writes:

m> I have a homepage at my college wich uses pine.  What is the
m> command that I use when I want to bring it up and edit it using
m> pico.

pico <filename>

Robin

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Come to purify the future with the arrogance of youth

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From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 15 Dec 1997 14:42:22 -0700 (MST)

OK, I have a question...I have a client who wants the Fcc: field
to appear in the default header - the four-field standard header
you get when you open a compose screen in Pine (To:, Cc:,
Attchmnt:, and Subject:).  I can make it appear in the Rich
Header list but not in the defaults.  Is it doable?  If it is, is
it client-modifiable or does it have to be set at the sysadmin
level?  I haven't so far been able to identify what to modify and
thought I'd see if any of you guys have done this or know how
to...

TIA
Lea

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From: Edward M Greshko <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 07:55:51 +0800 (GMT)

> thought I'd see if any of you guys have done this or know how

Try reading the help on: OPTION: Default-Composer-Headers.

Ed

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From: "Adam H. Kerman" <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 11:18:03 -0600 (CST)

>From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
>Date: 15 Dec 1997 22:17:34 +0100

>markstokes <[email-masked]> writes:

>>I have a homepage at my college wich uses pine. What is the command that I
>>use when I want to bring it up and edit it using pico.

>pico <filename>

Er, I wouldn't do that.

pico, by default (it ain't on the man page), wraps lines greater than 74
characters. While you are editing, a line will not exceed 74 characters, but
will be broken at the first whitespace at 74 or to the left. This will ruin
your HTML.

If you must use pico, disable word wrap with the -w switch. However (it ain't
on the man page either), when you call your document and BEFORE you edit it,
any line greater than 255 characters will be broken between the 255 and 256
character, NOT AT THE WHITESPACE before that. 

And, if your line is 255 characters long, you will get a blank line following
it. Why does pico do that?

In addition to the -w switch, I advise you to use the -d switch (to bind ^d to
the delete key if your terminal emulation supports it) and the -z switch (to
suspend processing if you have a jobs-control shell).

You'll be happier if you find another editor in the long run.

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From: Lea <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 16 Dec 1997 14:42:20 -0700 (MST)

> Try reading the help on: OPTION: Default-Composer-Headers.

Thanks, Ed.  Found it, tried it, made it work.

Much appreciated!

Lea