From a156902d5fb6638b701271bbd911774295f366d7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ron Koenderink Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:17:42 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] (): Improve the explaination of the options in wire command. Make wire.t similiar to the read.t and incorporate the improvements from #1010010. --- info/Commands/wire.t | 18 +++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/info/Commands/wire.t b/info/Commands/wire.t index 721f92a4..7768f1fa 100644 --- a/info/Commands/wire.t +++ b/info/Commands/wire.t @@ -3,14 +3,22 @@ .LV Basic .SY "wire [yes|no|]" 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. -.s1 -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 argument. For example: .EX "wire 3" would print the announcements from the last three days. +If you specify argument, you will not be prompted to +mark the announcements as being read. .s1 In order to read telegrams, use the 'read' command. .s1