WHATNOW(1)

NAME
whatnow - prompting front-end for send

SYNOPSIS
whatnow [-draftfolder +folder] [-draftmessage msg] [-nodraftfolder] [-editor editor] [-noedit] [-prompt string] [file] [-help]

DESCRIPTION
Whatnow is the default program that queries the user about the disposition of a composed draft. It is normally invoked by one of comp, dist, forw, or repl after the initial edit. When started, the editor is started on the draft (unless `-noedit' is given, in which case the initial edit is suppressed). Then, whatnow repetitively prompts the user with “What now?” and awaits a response. The valid responses are:
^display~^to list the message being distributed/replied-to on
^~^the terminal
^edit~^to re-edit using the same editor that was used on the
^~^preceding round unless a profile entry
^~^“<lasteditor>-next: <editor>” names an alternate editor
^edit <editor>~^to invoke <editor> for further editing
^list~^to list the draft on the terminal
^push~^to send the message in the background
^quit~^to terminate the session and preserve the draft
^quit -delete~^to terminate, then delete the draft
^refile +folder~^to refile the draft into the given folder
^send~^to send the message
^send -watch~^to cause the delivery process to be monitored
^whom~^to list the addresses that the message will go to
^whom -check~^to list the addresses and verify that they are
^~^acceptable to the transport service
For the edit response, any valid switch to the editor is valid. Similarly, for the send and whom responses, any valid switch to send (1) and whom (1) commands, respectively, are valid. For the push response, any valid switch to send (1) is valid (as this merely invokes send with the `-push' option). For the refile response, any valid switch to the fileproc is valid. For the display and list responses, any valid argument to the lproc is valid. If any non-switch arguments are present, then the pathname of the draft will be excluded from the argument list given to the lproc (this is useful for listing another MH message). See mh-profile (5) for further information about how editors are used by MH. It also discusses how complex envariables can be used to direct whatnow's actions. The `-prompt string' switch sets the prompting string for whatnow. The `-draftfolder +folder' and `-draftmessage msg' switches invoke the MH draft folder facility. This is an advanced (and highly useful) feature. Consult the Advanced Features section of the MH manual for more information. ^$HOME/.mh_profile~^The user profile ^<mh-dir>/draft~^The draft file ^Path:~^To determine the user's MH directory ^Draft-Folder:~^To find the default draft-folder ^Editor:~^To override the default editor ^<lasteditor>-next:~^To name an editor to be used after exit from <lasteditor> ^automhnproc:~^Program to automatically run prior to sending ^~^if the draft is an mhn composition file ^fileproc:~^Program to refile the message ^lproc:~^Program to list the contents of a message ^sendproc:~^Program to use to send the message ^whomproc:~^Program to determine who a message would go to send(1), whom(1) `-prompt “What Now? ”' None The argument to the `-prompt' switch must be interpreted as a single token by the shell that invokes whatnow. Therefore, one must usually place the argument to this switch inside double-quotes. If the initial edit fails, whatnow deletes your draft (by renaming it with a leading comma); failure of a later edit preverves the draft. If whatnowproc is whatnow, then comp, dist, forw, and repl use a built-in whatnow, and do not actually run the whatnow program. Hence, if you define your own whatnowproc, don't call it whatnow since it won't be run. If sendproc is send, then whatnow uses a built-in send, it does not actually run the send program. Hence, if you define your own sendproc, don't call it send since whatnow won't run it.