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authordos-reis <gdr@axiomatics.org>2009-04-18 06:11:42 +0000
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+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.24. )synonym
+==============================================================================
+
+User Level Required: interpreter
+
+Command Syntax:
+
+ - )synonym
+ - )synonym synonym fullCommand
+ - )what synonyms
+
+Command Description:
+
+This command is used to create short synonyms for system command expressions.
+For example, the following synonyms might simplify commands you often use.
+
+)synonym save history )save
+)synonym restore history )restore
+)synonym mail system mail
+)synonym ls system ls
+)synonym fortran set output fortran
+
+Once defined, synonyms can be used in place of the longer command
+expressions. Thus
+
+)fortran on
+
+is the same as the longer
+
+)set fortran output on
+
+To list all defined synonyms, issue either of
+
+)synonyms
+)what synonyms
+
+To list, say, all synonyms that contain the substring ``ap'', issue
+
+)what synonyms ap
+
+Also See:
+o )set
+o )what
+