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-.id NOTICE-NOT TO BE DISCLOSED OUTSIDE BELL SYS EXCEPT UNDER WRITTEN AGRMT
-.id Writer's Workbench version 2.2, February 24, 1981
-.TH PROSE 1
-.SH NAME
-prose \- describe style characteristics of text
-.SH SYNOPSIS
-.B prose
-[
-.B \-flags
-][
-.B \-ver
-]
-[
-.B \-tm
-|
-.B \-c
-|
-.B \-t
-|
-.B \-x
-standards-file
-][
-.B \-mm
-|
-.B \-ms
-] [
-.B \-li
-|
-.B \+li
-][
-.B \-s
-][
-.B \-f
-style-file | file ...]
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I Prose
-describes the writing style of a document
-as determined by
-.IR style "(1),
-but the output is in prose form.
-The output describes readability, word and sentence lengths,
-sentence structure and variation.
-.PP
-The program checks that a document's scores on certain
-.I style
-variables fall within the average range for documents of a specified type.
-Whenever the score for a variable is outside the average range,
-a warning message is printed with information
-about the variable,
-and commands that can be run to get further information.
-.PP
-.I Prose
-creates a file called
-.I styl.tmp
-that contains the table produced by
-.IR style .
-.PP
-.I Prose
-compares a document with standards
-for one of several document types,
-according to the following flags:
-.RS 5
-.TP 5
-.B \-tm
-Compare input text to good Bell Laboratories TM's. (This is the default.)
-.TP
-.B \-c
-Evaluate input text for craft suitability.
-.TP
-.B \-t
-Compare input text with good training documents.
-.TP
-.BI \-x " standards-file"
-Compare input text with standards contained in user-specified
-.IR standards-file .
-See
-.IR mkstand (1)
-to set up the
-.IR standards-file .
-.RE
-.PP
-Because
-.I prose
-runs
-.IR deroff (1)
-before looking at the text,
-formatting header files should be included as part of the input.
-.PP
-Options affecting
-.IR deroff (1)
-are:
-.RS 5
-.TP
-.B \-mm
-eliminate
-.IR mm (1)
-macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences
-(e.g. headings),
-from the analysis.
-This is the default.
-.TP
-.B \-ms
-eliminate
-.IR ms (1)
-macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences,
-from the analysis.
-The
-.B \-ms
-flag overrides the default,
-.BR \-mm .
-.TP
-.B \-li
-eliminate list items,
-as defined by
-.I mm
-macros, from the analysis.
-This is the default.
-.TP
-.B \+li
-Include list items in the input text,
-in the analysis.
-This flag should be used if the text contains lists of sentences,
-but not if the text contains many lists of non-sentences.
-.RE
-.PP
-Other options are:
-.RS 5
-.TP
-.B \-s
-Produce a short (10 line) summary version of
-.IR prose .
-.TP
-.BI \-f " style-file"
-If a file containing the
-.I style
-table exists as output from the
-.I style
-program,
-or from a previous
-.I prose
-run,
-it may be specified so that
-.I prose
-need not run
-.I style
-again.
-.I Styl.tmp
-can be used as the
-.IR style-file .
-The input text file should not be used with the
-.B \-f
-flag.
-.RE
-.PP
-Two options give information about the program:
-.RS 5
-.TP 7
-.B \-flags
-print the command synopsis line (see above)
-showing command flags and options,
-then exit.
-.TP
-.B \-ver
-print the Writer's Workbench version number of the command, then exit.
-.RE
-.PP
-.I Prose
-is one of the programs run under the
-.IR wwb (1)
-command.
-.SH EXAMPLES
-The command:
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.B "prose \-t \+li filename"
-.RE
-.PP
-will describe how the style characteristics of
-.I filename
-compare with standards for training documents.
-Lists will be included in the analysis.
-The
-.IR style (1)
-table will be left in the file
-.IR styl.tmp .
-.br
-Then the command:
-.PP
-.RS 5
-.B "prose \-x standards-file \-f styl.tmp"
-.RE
-.PP
-will use the style statistics already gathered for
-.IR filename ,
-and describe how they compare with the user-defined
-standards contained in
-.IR standards-file .
-.SH FILES
-.TP 21
-styl.tmp
-contains
-.I style
-table
-.TP
-wwb/lib/prosedoc
-contains all standards used for comparison,
-and stored
-.I prose
-output text files
-.SH SEE ALSO
-style(1), wwb(1),
-deroff(1),
-match(1),
-wwbstand(1),
-mkstand(1),
-worduse(1).
-.SH SUPPORT
-.IR "COMPONENT NAME: " "Writer's Workbench"
-.br
-.IR "APPROVAL AUTHORITY: " "Div 452"
-.br
-.IR "STATUS: " Standard
-.br
-.IR "SUPPLIER: " "Dept 45271"
-.br
-.IR "USER INTERFACE: " "Stacey Keenan, Dept 45271, PY x3733"
-.br
-.IR "SUPPORT LEVEL: " "Class B - unqualified support other than Div 452"