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diff --git a/src/hyper/pages/help.ht b/src/hyper/pages/help.ht new file mode 100644 index 00000000..7820cb95 --- /dev/null +++ b/src/hyper/pages/help.ht @@ -0,0 +1,142 @@ +% Copyright The Numerical Algorithms Group Limited 1991. +% Certain derivative-work portions Copyright (C) 1988 by Leslie Lamport. +% All rights reserved + +% @(#)help.ht 1.9 92/06/24 17:09:42 +% Help page + +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \begin{page}{TopHelpPage}{Help Menu} +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% +%% You are in ``\HyperName,'' \Language{}'s hypertext document browser. +%% This section describes how to make \HyperName do what you want. +%% \pp +%% This document is organized into pages. +%% Pages usually have active areas, marked in \downlink{this font.}{YouTriedIt} +%% An active area is usually linked to another page: clicking the mouse +%% in the active area moves you to the linked page. +%% The mouse cursor changes from a filled dot to an open circle when +%% it is in an active area. +%% You can try \downlink{this}{YouTriedIt} out now. +%% \beginscroll +%% You can select any one of the items below: +%% \beginmenu +%% \menulink{Quit Help} +%% {\ifcond\hasreturn ReturnPage\else UpPage\fi} +%% Go back to what you were doing. +%% +%% \item +%% \searchwindow{\menuitemstyle{Simple Search}} +%% {\stringvalue{FindTopic}} +%% Find references to \inputstring{FindTopic}{15}{series} +%% \searchwindow{Start Search} {\stringvalue{FindTopic}}. +%% +%% \menulink{Buttons}{ugHyperHeadingsPage} +%% Learn about the buttons at the top of the page. +%% +%% \menulink{Menus}{MenuHelp} +%% Learn about menus. +%% +%% %\menulink{Commands}{CommandHelp} +%% % Learn how to run \Language{} commands from \HyperName. +%% +%% \endmenu +%% \endscroll +%% \end{page} + +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \begin{page}{ButtonHelp}{Know These Buttons} +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \beginscroll +%% All pages have a standard set of buttons at the top. +%% \newline +%% This is what they mean: +%% \par \ExitBitmap \space{} Leave \HyperName. +%% \par \HelpBitmap \space{} Get help, if there is any. +%% \par \UpBitmap \space{} Go back to the previous page. +%% \par \ReturnBitmap \space{} Return to the home menu. +%% \newline +%% \pp +%% \HyperName remembers where you came from. +%% You can always make forays into new topics +%% without worrying about how to get back. +%% \pp +%% The buttons at the top of the page can be used at any time +%% to return to what you were doing. +%% \pp +%% The buttons will not be displayed if they are not applicable to the page +%% you are currently viewing. So, for example, there is no ``HOME'' button +%% on the top-level menu. +%% \endscroll +%% \end{page} + +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \begin{page}{MenuHelp}{Menus} +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \pp +%% \beginscroll +%% A `menu' is a list of topics. +%% You went through at least one to get here without even trying. +%% \newline +%% To choose a topic from a menu, you click on the active area +%% for the topic. +%% \horizontalline +%% Here is a menu to practice: +%% \newline +%% \beginmenu +%% \menulink{Hypertext}{WhatIsHyperText} What is hypertext? +%% \menulink{\HyperName}{WhatIsHyperDoc} What is \HyperName? +%% \menulink{Buttons}{ugHyperHeadingsPage} Headings in HyperName{}. +%% \endmenu +%% \endscroll +%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} +%% \end{page} + +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \begin{page}{WhatIsHyperText}{What is hypertext?} +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \beginscroll +%% A ``hypertext'' document is a structured entity which is part book +%% and part program. +%% You can think of it as a museum with many exhibits you can try. +%% \newline +%% ``\HyperName'' is a computer program for presenting \Language{}'s \HyperName +%% documents. +%% \endscroll +%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} +%% \end{page} +%% +%% \begin{page}{WhatIsHyperDoc}{What is \HyperName?} +%% \beginscroll +%% This is \HyperName, a program for reading hypertext documents. +%% The name comes from the fact that the pages of the document are +%% composed using a variant of the ``TeX'' typesetting language. +%% \endscroll +%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} +%% \end{page} + +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \begin{page}{ExamplesHelp}{\Language{} Examples} +%% % ---------------------------------------------------------------------- +%% \pp +%% \beginscroll +%% Many pages have \Language{} examples. These are ``active'' +%% also but if you click here, the example is copied to an +%% interactive \Language{} ``buffer.'' +%% You can then edit it or use it as a command for the \Language{} interpreter. +%% Try these: \newline +%% \indent{5} +%% \spadcommand{a:= x**2 + 1 \bound{a}} \newline +%% \spadcommand{(a - 2)**2 \free{a}} \newline +%% \indent{0} +%% Notice that the \Language{} examples are printed in a different font. +%% \pp +%% The interactive \Language{} buffers will disappear when you leave +%% \HyperName. +%% If you want to get rid of them beforehand, +%% you can always use the ``Cancel'' button of the X window manager. +%% \endscroll +%% %\autobutt{HelpHelp} +%% \end{page} + |