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1 | --- ./doc/tech-notes.txt.org 2007-12-21 10:47:34.000000000 +0100 |
2 | +++ ./doc/tech-notes.txt 2007-12-21 10:59:49.000000000 +0100 | |
3 | @@ -275,14 +275,14 @@ | |
4 | The selection of which MTA to use depends on the settings of | |
5 | smtp-server, sendmail-path, and compile-time options. The first MTA | |
6 | specified in the following list is used: | |
7 | - 1. sendmail-path in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed | |
8 | - 2. smtp-server in /usr/local/pine.conf.fixed | |
9 | + 1. sendmail-path in /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed | |
10 | + 2. smtp-server in /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed | |
11 | 3. sendmail-path specified on the command line. | |
12 | 4. smtp-server specified on the command line. | |
13 | 5. sendmail-path in the user's .pinerc file. | |
14 | 6. smtp-server in the user's .pinerc file. | |
15 | - 7. sendmail-path in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf | |
16 | - 8. smtp-server in /usr/local/pine.conf | |
17 | + 7. sendmail-path in /etc/alpine/alpine.conf | |
18 | + 8. smtp-server in /etc/alpine/alpine.conf | |
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19 | 9. DF_SENDMAIL_PATH defined at compile time. |
20 | 10. SENDMAIL and SENDMAILFLAGS defined at compile time. | |
21 | ||
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24 | Installing Alpine and Pico is simple. You take the program files which |
25 | you have just transferred or built and you move them to the correct | |
f9dda27f | 26 | - directory on your system. Most often the binaries go in /usr/local/bin |
cd68a07f | 27 | - though sometimes they are placed in /usr/bin. All the help text is |
f9dda27f | 28 | + directory on your system. Most often the binaries go in /usr/bin |
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29 | + though sometimes they are placed in /usr/local/bin. All the help text is |
30 | compiled into Alpine so there are no required auxiliary files. Instead | |
31 | of copying the binaries manually, you may use make install to install | |
32 | them. | |
f9dda27f | 33 | |
cd68a07f | 34 | - There are three optional auxiliary files: /usr/local/lib/pine.info, |
f9dda27f | 35 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf, and /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed. The file |
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36 | + There are three optional auxiliary files: /usr/lib/pine.info, |
37 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf, and /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed. The file | |
38 | pine.info contains text on how to get further help on the local system. | |
39 | It is part of the help text for the main menu and should probably refer | |
40 | to the local help desk or the system administrator. If this file | |
41 | doesn't exist a generic version which suggests ``talking to the | |
42 | - computer support staff at your site'' is shown. The file pine.conf is | |
43 | + computer support staff at your site'' is shown. The file alpine.conf is | |
44 | used to set system-wide default configurations for Alpine. The file | |
45 | - pine.conf.fixed is also used to set system-wide default configurations | |
46 | + alpine.conf.fixed is also used to set system-wide default configurations | |
47 | for Alpine. The difference between these two files is that | |
48 | - configuration variables set in the pine.conf.fixed file may not | |
49 | + configuration variables set in the alpine.conf.fixed file may not | |
50 | normally be over-ridden by a user. See the section on Alpine | |
51 | - Configuration later in this document for details about the pine.conf | |
52 | - and pine.conf.fixed files. | |
53 | + Configuration later in this document for details about the alpine.conf | |
54 | + and alpine.conf.fixed files. | |
55 | __________________________________________________________________ | |
56 | ||
57 | Installing PC-Alpine | |
58 | @@ -688,11 +688,11 @@ | |
59 | This section lists the various files which Alpine uses which are not | |
60 | email folders. All of these are the default names of files, they may | |
61 | vary based on Alpine's configuration. | |
f9dda27f | 62 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf |
cd68a07f | 63 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf |
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64 | Pine's global configuration file. |
65 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed | |
cd68a07f | 66 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed |
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67 | Non-overridable global configuration file. |
68 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.info | |
69 | + /usr/lib/pine.info | |
70 | Local pointer to system administrator. | |
71 | ~/.pinerc | |
72 | Personal configuration file for each user. | |
cd68a07f | 73 | @@ -889,11 +889,11 @@ |
f9dda27f | 74 | Configuration: Prints a sample system configuration file to the |
cd68a07f | 75 | screen or standard output. To generate an initial system |
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76 | configuration file, execute |
77 | - alpine -conf > /usr/local/lib/pine.conf | |
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78 | + alpine -conf > /etc/alpine/alpine.conf |
79 | ||
80 | To generate a system configuration file using settings from an | |
81 | old system configuration file, execute | |
f9dda27f | 82 | - alpine -P old-pine.conf -conf > /usr/local/lib/pine.conf |
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83 | + alpine -P old-pine.conf -conf > /etc/alpine/alpine.conf |
84 | ||
f9dda27f | 85 | A system configuration file is not required. |
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86 | -convert_sigs -p pinerc |
87 | @@ -998,7 +998,7 @@ | |
88 | configuration folder. | |
89 | -P pinerc | |
90 | Uses the named file as the system wide configuration file | |
91 | - instead of /usr/local/lib/pine.conf on UNIX, or nothing on | |
92 | + instead of /etc/alpine/alpine.conf on UNIX, or nothing on | |
93 | PC-Alpine. Pinerc may be either a local file or a remote | |
94 | configuration folder. | |
95 | -passfile passfile | |
96 | @@ -1207,10 +1207,10 @@ | |
97 | configuration. In most cases, the compiled-in preferences will suit | |
98 | users and administrators just fine. When running Alpine on a UNIX | |
99 | system, the default built-in configuration can be changed by setting | |
100 | - variables in the system configuration files, /usr/local/lib/pine.conf | |
101 | - or /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed. (Actually, these files can be | |
102 | + variables in the system configuration files, /etc/alpine/alpine.conf | |
103 | + or /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed. (Actually, these files can be | |
104 | changed using the configure arguments --with-system-pinerc=VALUE or | |
105 | - --with-system-fixed-pinerc=VALUE.) The location of the pine.conf file | |
106 | + --with-system-fixed-pinerc=VALUE.) The location of the alpine.conf file | |
107 | can be changed with the -P command line argument. Both Alpine and | |
108 | PC-Alpine also use personal (user-based) configuration files. On UNIX | |
109 | machines, the personal configuration file is the file ~/.pinerc. For | |
110 | @@ -1220,7 +1220,7 @@ | |
111 | the -p command line argument. | |
112 | ||
113 | All of these configuration files, other than the fixed system config | |
114 | - pine.conf.fixed on UNIX systems, may optionally be remote configuration | |
115 | + alpine.conf.fixed on UNIX systems, may optionally be remote configuration | |
116 | files instead of local files. This is discussed further in the | |
117 | following section and in Remote Configuration. | |
118 | ||
119 | @@ -3679,7 +3679,7 @@ | |
120 | spell checker. If your Unix system has ispell it is probably | |
121 | reasonable to make it the default speller by configuring it as | |
122 | the default in the system configuration file, | |
123 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf. | |
124 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf. | |
125 | If this option is not set, then the system's spell command is | |
126 | used. The spell command does not work the same as the alternate | |
127 | speller. It produces a list of misspelled words on its standard | |
128 | @@ -4076,11 +4076,11 @@ | |
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129 | Now for an example: |
130 | ||
cd68a07f | 131 | url-viewers=_TEST("test -n '${DISPLAY}'")_ /usr/local/bin/netscape, |
f9dda27f | 132 | - /usr/local/bin/lynx, C:\BIN\NETSCAPE.BAT |
f9dda27f | 133 | + /usr/bin/lynx, C:\BIN\NETSCAPE.BAT |
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134 | This example shows that for the first browser in the list to be |
135 | used the environment variable DISPLAY must be defined. If it is, | |
136 | then the file /usr/local/bin/netscape must exist. If either | |
137 | - condition is not met, then the file /usr/local/bin/lynx must | |
138 | + condition is not met, then the file /usr/bin/lynx must | |
139 | exist. If it doesn't, then the final path and file must exist. | |
140 | Note that the last entry is a DOS/Windows path. This is one way | |
141 | to support Alpine running on more than one architecture with the | |
142 | @@ -10707,9 +10707,9 @@ | |
143 | 5. the system-wide fixed configuration file (Unix Alpine only) | |
144 | ||
145 | The fixed configuration file is normally | |
146 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed. | |
147 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed. | |
148 | ||
149 | - The system-wide configuration file is normally /usr/local/lib/pine.conf | |
150 | + The system-wide configuration file is normally /etc/alpine/alpine.conf | |
151 | for Unix Alpine and is normally not set for PC-Alpine. For PC-Alpine, | |
152 | if the environment variable $PINECONF is set, that is used for the | |
153 | system-wide configuration. This location can be set or changed on the | |
154 | @@ -10969,8 +10969,8 @@ | |
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155 | * A program that implements the SMTP or ESMTP protocol via stdio. |
156 | * An entry in /etc/services for the alternate service. | |
157 | * An entry in /etc/inetd.conf for the alternate service. | |
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158 | - * An entry in /usr/local/lib/pine.conf, |
159 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed or ~/.pinerc. | |
160 | + * An entry in /etc/alpine/alpine.conf, | |
161 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed or ~/.pinerc. | |
162 | __________________________________________________________________ | |
163 | ||
164 | MIME.Types file | |
165 | @@ -10978,7 +10978,7 @@ | |
166 | Alpine's MIME-TYPE support is based on code contributed by Hans Drexler | |
167 | <drexler@mpi.nl>. Alpine assigns MIME Content-Types according to | |
168 | file name extensions found in the system-wide files | |
169 | - /usr/local/lib/mime.types and /etc/mime.types, and a user specific | |
170 | + /etc/mime.types and /usr/lib/mime.types, and a user specific | |
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171 | ~/.mime.types file. |
172 | ||
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173 | In Windows, Alpine looks in the same directory as the PINERC file and |
174 | @@ -11834,7 +11834,7 @@ | |
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175 | |
176 | The second selection is the standard UNIX print command. The default is | |
cd68a07f | 177 | lpr, but it can be changed on a system basis to anything so desired in |
f9dda27f | 178 | - /usr/local/lib/pine.conf. |
cd68a07f | 179 | + /etc/alpine/alpine.conf. |
f9dda27f | 180 | |
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181 | The third selection is the user's personal choice for a UNIX print |
182 | command. The text to be printed is piped into the command. Enscript or | |
183 | --- ./doc/alpine.1.org 2007-12-21 10:43:27.000000000 +0100 | |
184 | +++ ./doc/alpine.1 2007-12-21 10:47:01.000000000 +0100 | |
185 | @@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ | |
186 | o built-in defaults. | |
187 | .br | |
188 | o system-wide | |
189 | -.I pine.conf | |
190 | +.I alpine.conf | |
191 | file. | |
192 | .br | |
193 | o personal | |
194 | @@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ | |
195 | o command-line options. | |
196 | .br | |
197 | o system-wide | |
198 | -.I pine.conf.fixed | |
199 | +.I aline.conf.fixed | |
200 | file. | |
201 | ||
202 | There is one exception to the rule that configuration values are replaced | |
203 | @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ | |
204 | .if n .ta 2.8i | |
205 | .if t .ta 2.1i | |
206 | ||
207 | -/usr/spool/mail/xxxx Default folder for incoming mail. | |
208 | +/var/mail/xxxx Default folder for incoming mail. | |
209 | .br | |
210 | ~/mail Default directory for mail folders. | |
211 | .br | |
212 | @@ -305,13 +305,13 @@ | |
213 | .br | |
214 | /etc/mime.types System-wide file ext. to MIME type mapping | |
215 | .br | |
216 | -/usr/local/lib/pine.info Local pointer to system administrator. | |
217 | +/usr/lib/pine.info Local pointer to system administrator. | |
218 | .br | |
219 | -/usr/local/lib/pine.conf System-wide configuration file. | |
220 | +/etc/alpine/alpine.conf System-wide configuration file. | |
221 | .br | |
222 | -/usr/local/lib/pine.conf.fixed Non-overridable configuration file. | |
223 | +/etc/alpine/alpine.conf.fixed Non-overridable configuration file. | |
224 | .br | |
225 | -/tmp/.\\usr\\spool\\mail\\xxxx Per-folder mailbox lock files. | |
226 | +/tmp/.\\var\\mail\\xxxx Per-folder mailbox lock files. | |
227 | .br | |
228 | ~/.pine-interrupted-mail Message which was interrupted. | |
229 | .br |