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diff --git a/static/plan9-4e/man1/faces.1 b/static/plan9-4e/man1/faces.1 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..74c693da --- /dev/null +++ b/static/plan9-4e/man1/faces.1 @@ -0,0 +1,93 @@ +.TH FACES 1 +.SH NAME +faces, seemail, vwhois \- mailbox interface +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B faces +[ +.B -ih +] +.br +.B seemail +.br +.B vwhois +.I person +\&... +.SH DESCRIPTION +The +.I faces +command monitors incoming mail and +displays in its window a representation of the user's mail box +using a small image for each message. +The image is typically a portrait of the sender. +.PP +If the user is running +.IR plumber (4), +.I faces +reacts to plumb messages to the +.B seemail +port, +typically from +.BR upas/fs , +and is thus notified of message additions and deletions. +.PP +Right-clicking on a message icon causes that message to be `plumbed' to +.BR showmail . +A typical plumb action will be to display the message, such as by +the rule +.EX + plumb start window mail -s $0 +.EE +The +.IR acme (1) +mail reader listens to the +.B showmail +port automatically. +.PP +If the user is not running +.IR plumber , +.I faces +reads the log file +.F /sys/log/mail +and right-clicking has no effect. +.PP +If arrows are visible, clicking on them will scroll the display. +Middle-clicking on the arrows scrolls to the end. +.PP +Starting +.B faces +with the +.B -i +flag causes +.B faces +to read the messages in +.B /mail/fs/mbox +or in the named mail directory upon startup. +.PP +The +.B -h +flag causes a different, venerable behavior in which +the window displays the history of messages received +rather than the current state of the mail box. +In particular, faces are not removed from the screen when messages are deleted. +Also, in this mode clicking button 1 in the display will clear the window. +.PP +.I Seemail +is an +.IR rc (1) +script that invokes +.B faces +.BR -h . +.PP +.I Vwhois +tells +.I faces +to display the icons of the named +.IR persons , +without sending a message. +.SH FILES +.BR /mail/fs/mbox " mail directory. +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.IR mail (1), +.IR plumber (4), +.IR face (6), +.IR plumb (6) |
