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- richtext(1) USER COMMANDS richtext(1)
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- NAME
- richtext - View a richtext document, typically a mail mes-
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- SYNOPSIS
- richtext [-c] [-f] [-n] [-p] [-t] [file]
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- DESCRIPTION
- The _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t program allows users to view "richtext" files
- on an ASCII terminal. It uses termcap(5) capabilities to
- highlight text that is supposed to be bold or italic, and to
- underline text that is supposed to be underlined. It also
- implements most of the richtext commands that have to do
- with indentation and justification, as well as the "excerpt"
- and "signature" commands.
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- Richtext is a very simple markup language for sending rich
- text through the mail. It is not to be confused with
- Microsoft's RTF (Rich Text Format). It is part of the MIME
- standard for multimedia Internet mail.
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- The _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t program takes raw richtext output on its stan-
- dard input or from a file and produces formatted output on
- its standard output, which is assumed to be a terminal. It
- is intended primarily for use by the metamail(1) program.
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- The program will also repair the raw input to match up any
- richtext command pairs that are out of order.
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- OPTIONS
- When invoked with no options, _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t expects raw richtext
- on its standard input, which is corrected, and then format-
- ted output is written on its standard output. The following
- options can alter that behaviour:
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- -c This option directs _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t to just correct the raw
- richtext and write the corrected version to its
- standard output, without performing any formatting.
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- -f This option directs _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t to use termcap-derived
- escape codes for bold and italic text, even if
- _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t is called in a pipe.
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- -n This option directs _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t to not do any correc-
- tion to the raw richtext it receives.
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- -p This enables the use of a pager which reports "Press
- RETURN to go on" after each screen-full of data.
- Alternatively, if the environment variable
- MM_USEPAGER is present, then the pager will also be
- used. This option and the environment variable have
- no effect if either standard input or standard
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- richtext(1) USER COMMANDS richtext(1)
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- output is redirected.
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- -a This option, which is only available under DOS, tog-
- gles whether or not to use ANSI mode for highlight-
- ing bold, italic, or underlined text.
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- -t This option directs _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t NOT to use termcap-
- derived escape codes for bold and italic text, even
- if _r_i_c_h_t_e_x_t is called in a terminal. Instead, "*"
- and "_" will be used to highlight the affected text.
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- X11 Resources
- If you're using the xterm program, you can control what font
- is used for bold text using the "xterm*boldFont" resource.
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- SEE ALSO
- metamail(1), mailto(1), termcap(5)
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- BUGS
- This is a very quick hack, really -- an attempt to provide
- minimal richtext support for an ASCII terminal. The author
- makes no pretense of having gotten every single case right.
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- COPYRIGHT
- Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc.
- (Bellcore)
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- Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this
- material for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted,
- provided that the above copyright notice and this permission
- notice appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore
- not be used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this
- material without the specific, prior written permission of
- an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO
- REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
- MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
- ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
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- AUTHORS
- Nathaniel S. Borenstein
- Richtext correction algorithm by Rhys Weatherley
- (rhys@cs.uq.oz.au).
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