.LV Basic
.SY "wire [yes|no|<days>]"
The wire command is used to read the announcements sent you by other countries.
-After reading all your announcements you may discard them by answering
-\*Qyes\*U to the question posed. If you answer \*Qno\*U the announcements
-will remain pending but you will not be reminded of them.
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-You can read announcements that you have previously discarded by
+.sp
+After reading all your announcements you may mark them
+as being read by
+specifying \*Qyes\*U or not by specifying \*Qno\*U as an argument.
+If an argument is not supplied then you will be prompted
+to either answer \*Qyes\*U or \*Qno\*U to marking announcements
+as being read.
+If you supply or answer \*Qno\*U, the announcements will remain
+pending but you will not be reminded of them.
+.sp
+You can read announcements that you have previously marked as read by
specifying the <days> argument. For example:
.EX "wire 3"
would print the announcements from the last three days.
+If you specify <days> argument, you will not be prompted to
+mark the announcements as being read.
.s1
In order to read telegrams, use the 'read' command.
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