WHATNOW(1)

NAME
       whatnow - prompting front-end for send

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

DESCRIPTION
       Whatnow is the default program that queries the user about
       the disposition of a composed draft.  It is normally auto-
       matically invoked by one of the commands 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 sup-
       pressed).  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
     mime            to process draft as MIME composition file using
                     the "buildmimeproc" command (mhbuild by default)
     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,  respec-
     tively,  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 nmh message).

     See mh-profile (5) for further information about how editors
     are  used  by  nmh.  It also discusses how environment vari-
     ables can be used to direct  whatnow's  actions  in  complex

     ways.

     The  `-prompt string'  switch  sets the prompting string for
     whatnow.

     The `-draftfolder +folder' and `-draftmessage msg'  switches
     invoke  the  nmh draft folder facility.  This is an advanced
     (and highly useful) feature.  Consult  the  mh-draft(5)  man
     page for more information.

FILES
       $HOME/.mh_profile                    The user profile
       <mh-dir>/draft                       The draft file

PROFILE COMPONENTS
       Path:                To determine the user's nmh 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>
       automimeproc:        If value is 1, and the draft is a MIME
                            composition file, then automatically call
                            buildmimeproc prior to sending.
       buildmimeproc:       Program to translate MIME composition files
       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

SEE ALSO
       send(1) whom(1) 

DEFAULTS
       `-prompt "What Now? "'

CONTEXT
       None

BUGS
       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 what-
       now 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.