1% Copyright The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited 1991. 2% Certain derivative-work portions Copyright (C) 1988 by Leslie Lamport. 3% All rights reserved 4 5% @(#)help.ht 1.9 92/06/24 17:09:42 6% Help page 7 8%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 9%% \begin{page}{TopHelpPage}{Help Menu} 10%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 11%% 12%% You are in ``\HyperName,'' \Language{}'s hypertext document browser. 13%% This section describes how to make \HyperName do what you want. 14%% \pp 15%% This document is organized into pages. 16%% Pages usually have active areas, marked in \downlink{this font.}{YouTriedIt} 17%% An active area is usually linked to another page: clicking the mouse 18%% in the active area moves you to the linked page. 19%% The mouse cursor changes from a filled dot to an open circle when 20%% it is in an active area. 21%% You can try \downlink{this}{YouTriedIt} out now. 22%% \beginscroll 23%% You can select any one of the items below: 24%% \beginmenu 25%% \menulink{Quit Help} 26%% {\ifcond\hasreturn ReturnPage\else UpPage\fi} 27%% Go back to what you were doing. 28%% 29%% \item 30%% \searchwindow{\menuitemstyle{Simple Search}} 31%% {\stringvalue{FindTopic}} 32%% Find references to \inputstring{FindTopic}{15}{series} 33%% \searchwindow{Start Search} {\stringvalue{FindTopic}}. 34%% 35%% \menulink{Buttons}{ugHyperHeadingsPage} 36%% Learn about the buttons at the top of the page. 37%% 38%% \menulink{Menus}{MenuHelp} 39%% Learn about menus. 40%% 41%% %\menulink{Commands}{CommandHelp} 42%% % Learn how to run \Language{} commands from \HyperName. 43%% 44%% \endmenu 45%% \endscroll 46%% \end{page} 47 48%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 49%% \begin{page}{ButtonHelp}{Know These Buttons} 50%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 51%% \beginscroll 52%% All pages have a standard set of buttons at the top. 53%% \newline 54%% This is what they mean: 55%% \par \ExitBitmap \space{} Leave \HyperName. 56%% \par \HelpBitmap \space{} Get help, if there is any. 57%% \par \UpBitmap \space{} Go back to the previous page. 58%% \par \ReturnBitmap \space{} Return to the home menu. 59%% \newline 60%% \pp 61%% \HyperName remembers where you came from. 62%% You can always make forays into new topics 63%% without worrying about how to get back. 64%% \pp 65%% The buttons at the top of the page can be used at any time 66%% to return to what you were doing. 67%% \pp 68%% The buttons will not be displayed if they are not applicable to the page 69%% you are currently viewing. So, for example, there is no ``HOME'' button 70%% on the top-level menu. 71%% \endscroll 72%% \end{page} 73 74%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 75%% \begin{page}{MenuHelp}{Menus} 76%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 77%% \pp 78%% \beginscroll 79%% A `menu' is a list of topics. 80%% You went through at least one to get here without even trying. 81%% \newline 82%% To choose a topic from a menu, you click on the active area 83%% for the topic. 84%% \horizontalline 85%% Here is a menu to practice: 86%% \newline 87%% \beginmenu 88%% \menulink{Hypertext}{WhatIsHyperText} What is hypertext? 89%% \menulink{\HyperName}{WhatIsHyperDoc} What is \HyperName? 90%% \menulink{Buttons}{ugHyperHeadingsPage} Headings in HyperName{}. 91%% \endmenu 92%% \endscroll 93%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} 94%% \end{page} 95 96%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 97%% \begin{page}{WhatIsHyperText}{What is hypertext?} 98%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 99%% \beginscroll 100%% A ``hypertext'' document is a structured entity which is part book 101%% and part program. 102%% You can think of it as a museum with many exhibits you can try. 103%% \newline 104%% ``\HyperName'' is a computer program for presenting \Language{}'s \HyperName 105%% documents. 106%% \endscroll 107%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} 108%% \end{page} 109%% 110%% \begin{page}{WhatIsHyperDoc}{What is \HyperName?} 111%% \beginscroll 112%% This is \HyperName, a program for reading hypertext documents. 113%% The name comes from the fact that the pages of the document are 114%% composed using a variant of the ``TeX'' typesetting language. 115%% \endscroll 116%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} 117%% \end{page} 118 119%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 120%% \begin{page}{ExamplesHelp}{\Language{} Examples} 121%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 122%% \pp 123%% \beginscroll 124%% Many pages have \Language{} examples. These are ``active'' 125%% also but if you click here, the example is copied to an 126%% interactive \Language{} ``buffer.'' 127%% You can then edit it or use it as a command for the \Language{} interpreter. 128%% Try these: \newline 129%% \indent{5} 130%% \spadcommand{a:= x^2 + 1 \bound{a}} \newline 131%% \spadcommand{(a - 2)^2 \free{a}} \newline 132%% \indent{0} 133%% Notice that the \Language{} examples are printed in a different font. 134%% \pp 135%% The interactive \Language{} buffers will disappear when you leave 136%% \HyperName. 137%% If you want to get rid of them beforehand, 138%% you can always use the ``Cancel'' button of the X window manager. 139%% \endscroll 140%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} 141%% \end{page} 142