


PW(1)                                                       PW(1)


NAME
       pw - Pathetic Writer


SYNOPSIS
       siag [X-options] [siod-options] [filename...]


DESCRIPTION
       PW  is  an  X-based  word  processor for Unix.  It uses Scheme both for
       expressions and as a macro language, which makes it easy to create  new
       functions. The Scheme interpreter is SIOD written by George Carrette.

       PW stands for Pathetic Writer.


COMMAND LINE OPTIONS
       X-options
              See on-line documentation.

       SIOD-options
              See on-line documentation.


ENVIRONMENT
       HOME   is the name of the user's home directory.

       PRINTER
              is the name of the default printer destination.

       SIAGHELP
              is  the  name  of  Siag's online help browser, normally Netscape
              although any HTML browser can be used.

       SIAGHOME
              is   the   name   of   Siag's   "home"    directory,    normally
              /usr/local/lib/siag.

       SIAGDOCS
              is  the  name of the directory where the online documentation is
              installed.


FILES
       $SIAGHOME/pw/pw.scm
              is automatically read on startup and contains a runtime  library
              including  many  of  the functions that are necessary for normal
              operation. PW will not work properly without this file.

       $SIAGHOME/pw/menu.scm
              is also read on startup and contains the code to set  up  menus.
              Failure  to  load  this  file will result in all the menus being
              empty.




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       $HOME/.siag/pw.scm
              contains optional Scheme  code  which  should  be  loaded  after
              siag.scm but before any documents.


SEE ALSO
       On-line  documentation,  which contains more complete information about
       the invocation and usage of PW.


DIAGNOSTICS
       Most error messages come from SIOD and are printed on the bottom  line.
       See SIOD source and documentation for interpretation.


LIMITATIONS
       PW  can  read and write several file formats (see on-line documentation
       for details), but the proprietary Microsoft Word format only  supported
       through external converters such as WV or catdoc.


BUGS
       Handles out of memory conditions ungracefully.

       And more.


VERSION
       Current  version  (21  March  2000)  is  PW  3.3.0  by  Ulric Eriksson,
       ulric@siag.nu.

       The online documentation is probably more recent than this manpage  and
       is likely to contain more accurate information.


AUTHOR
       Copyright (C) 1996-2000 Ulric Eriksson

       This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
       under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published  by  the
       Free  Software  Foundation;  either  version 2, or (at your option) any
       later version.

       This program is distributed in the hope that it  will  be  useful,  but
       WITHOUT  ANY  WARRANTY;  without  even  the  implied  warranty  of MER-
       CHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the  GNU  General
       Public License for more details.

       You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
       with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
       59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.






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PW(1)                                                       PW(1)


ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
       Major  parts  of  this program are written by people other than myself.
       There is no reason to re-implement stuff that is already freely  avail-
       able.

       For  copyright information and installation instructions, see the vari-
       ous packages. The sources are hacked by Yours Truly to  give  the  pro-
       grams  a uniform look. If you don't approve of that and/or already have
       the programs installed, there is no need to install my versions.

       These are not the original versions. If  my  modifications  break  any-
       thing, complain to me about it, not the original authors.  If the orig-
       inal versions work and mine don't, then don't use mine.

       SIOD   The embedded Scheme interpreter is  an  extremely  small  inter-
              preter  called  Siod,  which  can  be used stand-alone or easily
              integrated into a program as an extension language.

              Author: George J. Carrette, gjc@delphi.com






































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