[Pkg-wmaker-commits] [wmbiff] 34/77: document finger, changes to shell

[Doug Torrance]

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commit 6047251f1b8dac0b769b85216f7eec455fb51e3b
Author: bluehal <bluehal>
Date:   Mon Apr 15 02:09:56 2002 +0000

    document finger, changes to shell
---
 wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5.in | 18 ++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 14 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5.in b/wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5.in
index 9e433ba..49995a5 100644
--- a/wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5.in
+++ b/wmbiff/wmbiffrc.5.in
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 .\" Hey, Emacs!  This is an -*- nroff -*- source file.
-.\" $Id: wmbiffrc.5.in,v 1.1 2002/04/08 09:35:19 bluehal Exp $
+.\" $Id: wmbiffrc.5.in,v 1.2 2002/04/15 02:09:56 bluehal Exp $
 .\"
 .\" wmbiff.1 and wmbiffrc.5 are copyright 1999-2002 by 
 .\" Jordi Mallach <jordi at debian.org>
@@ -135,12 +135,22 @@ The user's icq UIN is optional.
 gicu:[UIN]
 .RE
 .TP
+.I finger
+With this box type, wmbiff will finger an account to see if
+there is unread mail.  Both finger and perl must be in your
+path, and your server must run a finger daemon.
+.RS
+finger:user at host
+.RE
+.TP
 .I shell
 With this EXPERIMENTAL keyword, wmbiff will launch the
 specified shell command and read its output (STDOUT)
-expecting an integer number to be displayed as a count
-of new messages.   The behavior of this experimental
-keyword is likely to change in future revisions.
+expecting an integer message count or a three-character
+string.  If "new" is in the first line, the string or number
+will be displayed in yellow. The behavior of this
+experimental keyword is likely to change in future
+revisions.
 .RS
 shell:::/path/to/command
 .RE

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