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.\" 
.\" manual page for THE 2.5
.\" 
.TH THE 1 "Debian GNU/Linux" "THE"\"
.SH NAME
the \- \fBTHE\fR - \fBT\fRhe \fBH\fRessling \fBE\fRditor.
.SH SYNOPSIS
.BR "the "[-h?nmrsbk]
.RI "[-p " profile ]
.RI "[-a " profile_arg ]
.RI "[-w " width ]
.RI "[-u " display_length ] 
[[dir] [file [...]]]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBTHE\fR is a text editor that uses both command line commands 
and key bindings to operate. It is intended to be similar to the 
VM/CMS System Product Editor, XEDIT and to KEDIT from Mansfield 
Software.
.SS OPTIONS
.TP
.I "\-h, \-?"
Print a usage message on standard error and exit successfully.
.TP
.I "\-n"
Do not execute a profile file.
.TP
.I "\-m"
Force display into mono.
.TP
.I "\-r"
Run \fBTHE\fR in read-only mode.
.TP
.I "\-s"
Turn off signal trapping.
.TP
.I "\-b"
Run in batch mode.
.TP
.I "\-k"
Allow Soft Label Key display.
.TP
.I "\-p profile"
Filename of profile file.
.TP
.I "\-a profile_arg"
Argument(s) to profile file.
.TP
.I "\-w width"
Maximum width of line (default 512).
.TP
.I "\-u display_length"
Display length in non-line mode.
.TP
.I "[dir [file [...]]]"
File(s) and/or directory to be edited.
.SH FILES
.TP
.I /etc/therc
Global profile file for \fBTHE\fR.
.TP
.I $HOME/.therc
Local profile file for \fBTHE\fR.
.TP
.I /usr/lib/THE/THE_Help.txt
\fBTHE\fR help file name.




.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
\fBTHE\fR uses the following environment variables:
.TP
.IP \fBTHE_HOME_DIR\fP
The directory in which \fBTHE\fR looks for its help file(s) and macro(s).
.IP \fBDEB_CONF_DIR\fP
The directory in which \fBTHE\fR looks for its global profile file.
.IP \fBTHE_HELP_FILE\fP
The fully qualified file name containing help information.
.IP \fBTHE_PROFILE_FILE\fP
The fully qualified file name for the local profile file.
.IP \fBTHE_MACRO_PATH\fP
A list of all directories in which \fBTHE\fR is to look for <macro> files.

.SH "SEE ALSO"
.BR "THE Reference Manual"

.SH AUTHOR
Mark Hessling <M.Hessling@qut.edu.au>. 

.SH COPYRIGHT
THE 2.5b 15-Mar-1998 Copyright 1991-1997 Mark Hessling. All rights
reserved. THE is distributed under the terms of the GNU General 
Public License and comes with NO WARRANTY. See the file COPYING 
for details.

On Debian GNU/Linux systems, the complete text of the GNU General
Public License can be found in: \fI`/usr/doc/copyright/GPL'\fP.


.SH MODIFICATIONS
Changes for Debian by Alen Zekulic <azekulic@fesb.hr>.
These changes concern only the changed name and position
of some files for Debian.

.SH MANUAL AUTHORS
Mark Hessling <M.Hessling@qut.edu.au>.
.br
Alen Zekulic <azekulic@fesb.hr>.