Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!zehntel!hplabs!hao!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!sde@mitre-bedford.ARPA From: sde@brl-tgr.ARPA Newsgroups: net.unix Subject: Re: Writers Workbench Message-ID: <6466@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Fri, 7-Dec-84 23:34:00 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.6466 Posted: Fri Dec 7 23:34:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 10-Dec-84 02:27:25 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Organization: Ballistic Research Lab Lines: 116 WWB(1L) UNIX Programmer's Manual WWB(1L) NAME wwb - Writer's Workbench system SYNOPSIS wwb [ -flags ][ -ver ] [ -mm | -ms ][ -li | +li ] [ -tm | -t | -x standards-file ] [ -s | -l ][ file ... ] DESCRIPTION The Writer's Workbench system is a set of programs designed to aid writers and editors in editing documents. The com- mand _w_w_b runs modified versions of two major programs, which in turn run other programs. The two major programs are: _p_r_o_o_f_r(1) automatic proofreading system that searches for spelling and punctuation errors, consecu- tive occurrences of words, wordy or misused phrases, and split infinitives. _p_r_o_s_e(1) describes the writing style of a document, namely, readability and sentence characteris- tics, and suggests improvements. _P_r_o_s_e compares a document with standards for one of several document types, according to the following flags: -tm Compare input text to Bell Labs Technical Memoranda judged good by department heads in the research area. (This is the default.) -t Compare input text with Bell Labs training docu- ments. -x _s_t_a_n_d_a_r_d_s-_f_i_l_e Compare input text with standards contained in user-specified _s_t_a_n_d_a_r_d_s-_f_i_l_e. See _m_k_s_t_a_n_d(1) to set up the _s_t_a_n_d_a_r_d_s-_f_i_l_e. Other options are: -s Produce short versions of _p_r_o_o_f_r and _p_r_o_s_e. -l Produce long versions of _p_r_o_o_f_r and _p_r_o_s_e. This is the default. NOTE: The default output length for Writer's Workbench programs is long (-l). Experienced users can change this default to short (-s) with the _W_W_B_L_E_V variable. Add the line "setenv WWBLEV s" to your ._l_o_g_i_n. The six Workbench programs with length options (_w_w_b, _p_r_o_o_f_r, _p_r_o_s_e, _d_i_c_t_i_o_n, _s_e_x_i_s_t, and _a_b_s_t) check the _W_W_B_L_E_V Printed 12/7/84 DIV 452 STD 1 WWB(1L) UNIX Programmer's Manual WWB(1L) variable. To override the short default at any time, use the -l (the letter el, for long) flag on the com- mand line. Other programs, _w_o_r_d_u_s_e, _s_p_e_l_l_t_e_l_l, and _w_w_b_h_e_l_p moderate their wordiness based on _W_W_B_L_E_V, but take no -l or -s flag. Two options give information about the program: -flags print the command synopsis line (see above) showing command flags and options, then exit. -ver print the Writer's Workbench system version number of the command, then exit. If you use formatting header files (separate files contain- ing formatting commands) include them as part of each input file. This is necessary because _w_w_b runs _d_e_r_o_f_f(1) to strip non-sentence text from the input. _D_e_r_o_f_f uses some header formatting commands to interpret later formatting commands. Four options affect _d_e_r_o_f_f: -mm eliminate _m_m(1) macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences (e.g., headings), from the analysis. This is the default. -ms eliminate _m_s(7) macros, and associated text that is not part of sentences from the analysis. The -ms flag overrides the default, -mm. -li eliminate list items, as defined by _m_m macros, from the analysis. This is the default. +li Include list items in the analysis. This flag should be used if the text contains lists of sen- tences, but not if the text contains many lists of non-sentences. FILES /tmp/$$* temporary files SEE ALSO prose(1L), proofr(1L), style(1L), spellwwb(1L), punct(1L), double(1L), diction(1L), deroff(1), mkstand(1L), prosestand(1L), spelltell(1L), worduse(1L), wwbinfo(1L), wwbhelp(1L). BUGS Split infinitives in lists will not be found unless the +li option is used. Printed 12/7/84 DIV 452 STD 2 WWB(1L) UNIX Programmer's Manual WWB(1L) See other manual pages for bugs in individual commands.