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author | dos-reis <gdr@axiomatics.org> | 2009-04-18 06:11:42 +0000 |
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committer | dos-reis <gdr@axiomatics.org> | 2009-04-18 06:11:42 +0000 |
commit | e865a85b43caa6f453304e836dae3b62ca73c635 (patch) | |
tree | c0fc52edfcd7d0e5b4febdc251c24ba8a6b89608 /src/doc/help/set.help | |
parent | 6ad3412bc13d3ae7a5f7f68260a90ae1bd536e03 (diff) | |
download | open-axiom-e865a85b43caa6f453304e836dae3b62ca73c635.tar.gz |
Fix SF/2757715
* Makefile.pamphlet (all-input): Make all-doc a requirement.
(all-doc): Tidy.
* doc/Makefile.in: Likewise. Install help files.
* doc/help: New. Home for help files.
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diff --git a/src/doc/help/set.help b/src/doc/help/set.help new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7eaf59e3 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/doc/help/set.help @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@ +Copyright The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited 1992-94. All rights reserved. +Copyright (C) 2007-2009, Gabriel Dos Reis. All rights reserved. + +OpenAxiom Help Information. +Section numbers refer to the on-line version of the book +AXIOM: The Scientific Computation System by Richard D. Jenks and Robert S. Sutor + +============================================================================== +A.21. )set +============================================================================== + +User Level Required: interpreter + +Command Syntax: + + - )set + - )set label1 [... labelN] + - )set label1 [... labelN] newValue + +Command Description: + +The )set command is used to view or set system variables that control what +messages are displayed, the type of output desired, the status of the history +facility, the way OpenAxiom user functions are cached, and so on. Since this +collection is very large, we will not discuss them here. Rather, we will show +how the facility is used. We urge you to explore the )set options to +familiarize yourself with how you can modify your OpenAxiom working +environment. There is a HyperDoc version of this same facility +available from the main HyperDoc menu. Click [here] to go to it. + +The )set command is command-driven with a menu display. It is +tree-structured. To see all top-level nodes, issue )set by itself. + +)set + +Variables with values have them displayed near the right margin. Subtrees of +selections have ``...'' displayed in the value field. For example, there are +many kinds of messages, so issue )set message to see the choices. + +)set message + +The current setting for the variable that displays whether computation times +are displayed is visible in the menu displayed by the last command. To see +more information, issue + +)set message time + +This shows that time printing is on now. To turn it off, issue + +)set message time off + +As noted above, not all settings have so many qualifiers. For example, to +change the )quit command to being unprotected (that is, you will not be +prompted for verification), you need only issue + +)set quit unprotected + +Also See: +o )quit + |