mailplate.xml

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  28
  29   <!-- Fill in your name for FIRSTNAME and SURNAME. -->
  30   <!ENTITY dhfirstname "<firstname>Martin F.</firstname>">
  31   <!ENTITY dhsurname   "<surname>Krafft</surname>">
  32   <!-- Please adjust the date whenever revising the manpage. -->
  33   <!ENTITY dhdate      "<date>September 30, 2007</date>">
  34   <!-- SECTION should be 1-8, maybe w/ subsection other parameters are
  35        allowed: see man(7), man(1). -->
  36   <!ENTITY dhsection   "<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>">
  37   <!ENTITY dhemail     "<email>madduck@madduck.net</email>">
  38   <!ENTITY dhusername  "martin f. krafft">
  39   <!ENTITY dhucpackage "<refentrytitle>MAILPLATE</refentrytitle>">
  40   <!ENTITY dhpackage   "mailplate">
  41
  42   <!ENTITY debian      "<productname>Debian</productname>">
  43   <!ENTITY gnu         "<acronym>GNU</acronym>">
  44   <!ENTITY gpl         "&gnu; <acronym>GPL</acronym>">
  45 ]>
  46
  47 <refentry>
  48   <refentryinfo>
  49     <address>
  50       &dhemail;
  51     </address>
  52     <copyright>
  53       <year>2007</year>
  54       <holder>&dhusername;</holder>
  55     </copyright>
  56     &dhdate;
  57   </refentryinfo>
  58   <refmeta>
  59     &dhucpackage;
  60
  61     &dhsection;
  62   </refmeta>
  63   <refnamediv>
  64     <refname>&dhpackage;</refname>
  65
  66     <refpurpose>reformat mail drafts according to templates</refpurpose>
  67   </refnamediv>
  68   <refsynopsisdiv>
  69     <cmdsynopsis>
  70       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
  71       <group>
  72         <arg choice="plain">
  73           <group>
  74             <arg choice="plain"><option>--new</option></arg>
  75             <arg choice="plain"><option>-n</option></arg>
  76           </group>
  77         </arg>
  78         <arg choice="plain">
  79           <group>
  80             <arg choice="plain"><option>--editor</option></arg>
  81             <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
  82           </group>
  83         </arg>
  84       </group>
  85       <group>
  86         <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
  87         <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
  88       </group>
  89       <group>
  90         <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
  91         <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
  92       </group>
  93       <group>
  94         <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
  95         <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
  96       </group>
  97       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>template-name</replaceable></arg>
  98       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>message-file</replaceable></arg>
  99     </cmdsynopsis>
 100     <cmdsynopsis>
 101       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
 102       <group>
 103         <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
 104         <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
 105       </group>
 106       <group>
 107         <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
 108         <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
 109       </group>
 110       <group>
 111         <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
 112         <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
 113       </group>
 114       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>template-name</replaceable></arg>
 115       <arg choice="plain">&lt; <replaceable>message-data</replaceable></arg>
 116     </cmdsynopsis>
 117     <cmdsynopsis>
 118       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
 119       <group>
 120         <arg choice="plain">
 121           <group>
 122             <arg choice="plain"><option>--auto</option></arg>
 123             <arg choice="plain"><option>-a</option></arg>
 124           </group>
 125         </arg>
 126         <arg choice="plain">
 127           <group>
 128             <arg choice="plain"><option>--menu</option></arg>
 129             <arg choice="plain"><option>-m</option></arg>
 130           </group>
 131         </arg>
 132       </group>
 133       <group>
 134         <arg choice="plain">
 135           <group>
 136             <arg choice="plain"><option>--new</option></arg>
 137             <arg choice="plain"><option>-n</option></arg>
 138           </group>
 139         </arg>
 140         <arg choice="plain">
 141           <group>
 142             <arg choice="plain"><option>--editor</option></arg>
 143             <arg choice="plain"><option>-e</option></arg>
 144           </group>
 145         </arg>
 146       </group>
 147       <group>
 148         <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
 149         <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
 150       </group>
 151       <group>
 152         <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
 153         <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
 154       </group>
 155       <group>
 156         <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
 157         <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
 158       </group>
 159       <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>message-file</replaceable></arg>
 160     </cmdsynopsis>
 161     <cmdsynopsis>
 162       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
 163       <group>
 164         <arg choice="plain">
 165           <group>
 166             <arg choice="plain"><option>--auto</option></arg>
 167             <arg choice="plain"><option>-a</option></arg>
 168           </group>
 169         </arg>
 170         <arg choice="plain">
 171           <group>
 172             <arg choice="plain"><option>--menu</option></arg>
 173             <arg choice="plain"><option>-m</option></arg>
 174           </group>
 175         </arg>
 176       </group>
 177       <group>
 178         <arg choice="plain"><option>--keep-unknown</option></arg>
 179         <arg choice="plain"><option>-k</option></arg>
 180       </group>
 181       <group>
 182         <arg choice="plain"><option>--verbose</option></arg>
 183         <arg choice="plain"><option>-v</option></arg>
 184       </group>
 185       <group>
 186         <arg choice="plain"><option>--debug</option></arg>
 187         <arg choice="plain"><option>-d</option></arg>
 188       </group>
 189       <arg choice="plain">&lt; <replaceable>message data</replaceable></arg>
 190     </cmdsynopsis>
 191     <cmdsynopsis>
 192       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
 193       <group>
 194         <arg choice="plain"><option>--help</option></arg>
 195         <arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
 196       </group>
 197     </cmdsynopsis>
 198     <cmdsynopsis>
 199       <command>&dhpackage;</command>
 200       <group>
 201         <arg choice="plain"><option>--version</option></arg>
 202         <arg choice="plain"><option>-V</option></arg>
 203       </group>
 204     </cmdsynopsis>
 205   </refsynopsisdiv>
 206   <refsect1>
 207     <title>DESCRIPTION</title>
 208
 209     <para><command>&dhpackage;</command> is a programme that reformats mail
 210       drafts according to a given template. The template may be specified on
 211       the command line, but mailplate can also use control information from
 212       the template files to automatically select an appropriate template
 213       (<option>--auto</option>). A selection menu feature is planned
 214       (<option>--menu</option>). </para>
 215
 216     <para> Applying a template means obtainined select data from an existing
 217       mail message (unless <option>--new</option> is specified) and to fill it
 218       into appropriate slots in the template. Messages are processed in three
 219       parts: headers, body, and signature. </para>
 220
 221     <para> When <option>--new</option> is given, an empty instantiation of the
 222       template is written to stdout. At the moment, <option>--new</option>
 223       cannot be combined with <option>--editor</option>.</para>
 224
 225     <para> The template can define two types of headers: mandatory and
 226       preservatory. Mandatory headers take precedence over headers in the
 227       existing message and thus overwrite them. Preservatory headers instruct
 228       mailplate to port their data from the existing mail message. Headers in
 229       the existing message but not defined in the template are dropped, unless
 230       <option>--keep-unknown</option> is given. </para>
 231
 232     <para> Body and signature are separated by '-- '. If this sentinel is not
 233       found, no signature is extracted. Templates can be interpolated and data
 234       filled into slots. Helper slots are filled with the output of helper
 235       commands (which must be defined in the configuration), environment
 236       variable slots are just that, and mail variable slots can be filled with
 237       data obtained by running regexps or commands over the message. </para>
 238
 239     <para> This script can be run in multiple ways: </para>
 240
 241     <itemizedlist>
 242       <listitem><para> As a filter, it applies a template to data from stdin
 243           and writes the result to stdout. </para></listitem>
 244
 245       <listitem><para> When <option>--editor</option> is passed, the script
 246           spawns <command>sensible-editor</command> on the result. It may thus
 247           be used as the editor for your mail user agent. </para></listitem>
 248
 249       <listitem><para> Given a file, it modifies the file, unless it cannot
 250           write to the file, in which case it writes to stdout.
 251           </para></listitem>
 252
 253     </itemizedlist>
 254
 255   </refsect1>
 256
 257   <refsect1>
 258     <title>OPTIONS</title>
 259
 260     <para> These programs follow the usual &gnu; command line syntax, with
 261       long options starting with two dashes (`--'): </para>
 262
 263     <variablelist>
 264       <varlistentry>
 265         <term><option>--auto</option>,
 266           <option>-a</option>
 267         </term>
 268         <listitem>
 269           <para>Turn on template auto-discovery.</para>
 270         </listitem>
 271       </varlistentry>
 272       <varlistentry>
 273         <term><option>--menu</option>,
 274           <option>-m</option>
 275         </term>
 276         <listitem>
 277           <para>Choose from a list of templates (not yet implemented)</para>
 278         </listitem>
 279       </varlistentry>
 280       <varlistentry>
 281         <term><option>--new</option>,
 282           <option>-n</option>
 283         </term>
 284         <listitem>
 285           <para>Create a new message.</para>
 286         </listitem>
 287       </varlistentry>
 288       <varlistentry>
 289         <term><option>--editor</option>,
 290           <option>-e</option>
 291         </term>
 292         <listitem>
 293           <para>Spawn editor once template is applied.</para>
 294         </listitem>
 295       </varlistentry>
 296       <varlistentry>
 297         <term><option>--keep-unknown</option>,
 298           <option>-k</option>
 299         </term>
 300         <listitem>
 301           <para>Preserve mail headers not specified in template.</para>
 302         </listitem>
 303       </varlistentry>
 304       <varlistentry>
 305         <term><option>--verbose</option>,
 306           <option>-v</option>
 307         </term>
 308         <listitem>
 309           <para>Write informational messages to stderr.</para>
 310         </listitem>
 311       </varlistentry>
 312       <varlistentry>
 313         <term><option>--debug</option>,
 314           <option>-d</option>
 315         </term>
 316         <listitem>
 317           <para>Start a debugger after initialisation.</para>
 318         </listitem>
 319       </varlistentry>
 320       <varlistentry>
 321         <term>
 322           <option>--help</option>,
 323           <option>-h</option>
 324         </term>
 325         <listitem>
 326           <para>Show summary of options.</para>
 327         </listitem>
 328       </varlistentry>
 329       <varlistentry>
 330         <term>
 331           <option>--version</option>,
 332           <option>-V</option>
 333         </term>
 334         <listitem>
 335           <para>Show version of program.</para>
 336         </listitem>
 337       </varlistentry>
 338     </variablelist>
 339   </refsect1>
 340
 341   <refsect1>
 342     <title>SEE ALSO</title>
 343     <para>http://madduck.net/code/mailplate/</para>
 344     <para>/usr/share/doc/mailplate/README</para>
 345   </refsect1>
 346
 347   <refsect1>
 348     <title>AUTHOR</title>
 349
 350     <para>This manual page was written by &dhusername; &dhemail; with help
 351       from Carl Fürstenberg.</para>
 352   </refsect1>
 353 </refentry>
 354