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Version: 113176 (mandriva - 01/05/08)
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NAME
pw - Pathetic WriterSYNOPSIS
siag [X-options] [siod-options] [filename...]DESCRIPTION
PW is an X-based word processor for Unix. It uses Scheme both for expressions and as a macro language, which makes it easy to create new functions. The Scheme interpreter is SIOD written by George Carrette.PW stands for Pathetic Writer.
COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
- X-options
- See on-line documentation.
- SIOD-options
- See on-line documentation.
ENVIRONMENT
- HOME
- is the name of the user's home directory.
- PRINTER
- is the name of the default printer destination.
- SIAGHELP
- is the name of Siag's online help browser, normally Netscape although any HTML browser can be used.
- SIAGHOME
- is the name of Siag's "home" directory, normally /usr/local/lib/siag.
- SIAGDOCS
- is the name of the directory where the online documentation is installed.
FILES
- $SIAGHOME/pw/pw.scm
- is automatically read on startup and contains a runtime library including many of the functions that are necessary for normal operation. PW will not work properly without this file.
- $SIAGHOME/pw/menu.scm
- is also read on startup and contains the code to set up menus. Failure to load this file will result in all the menus being empty.
- $HOME/.siag/pw.scm
- contains optional Scheme code which should be loaded after siag.scm but before any documents.
SEE ALSO
On-line documentation, which contains more complete information about the invocation and usage of PW.DIAGNOSTICS
Most error messages come from SIOD and are printed on the bottom line. See SIOD source and documentation for interpretation.LIMITATIONS
PW can read and write several file formats (see on-line documentation for details), but the proprietary Microsoft Word format only supported through external converters such as WV or catdoc.BUGS
Handles out of memory conditions ungracefully.And more.
VERSION
Current version (21 March 2000) is PW 3.3.0 by Ulric Eriksson, ulric@siag.nu.The online documentation is probably more recent than this manpage and is likely to contain more accurate information.
AUTHOR
Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Ulric ErikssonThis program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later version.
This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Major parts of this program are written by people other than myself. There is no reason to re-implement stuff that is already freely available.For copyright information and installation instructions, see the various packages. The sources are hacked by Yours Truly to give the programs a uniform look. If you don't approve of that and/or already have the programs installed, there is no need to install my versions.
These are not the original versions. If my modifications break anything, complain to me about it, not the original authors. If the original versions work and mine don't, then don't use mine.
- SIOD
- The embedded Scheme interpreter is an extremely small interpreter called Siod, which can be used stand-alone or easily integrated into a program as an extension language.
Author: George J. Carrette, gjc@delphi.com
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