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35 lines
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HTML
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<HEAD>
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<TITLE>The SICS Online Help System</TITLE>
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<BODY>
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<H1>The SICS Online Help System</H1>
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<P>
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SICS has a simple built in help system. Help text is stored in simple
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ASCII text files which are printed to the client on demand. The help
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system can search for help files in several directories. Typically one
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would want one directory with general SICS help files and another one
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with instrument specific help files. If help is invoked without any
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options, a default help file is printed. This file is supposed to
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contain a directory of available help topics together with a brief
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description. The normal usage is: help topicname . The help system
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will then search for a file named topicname.txt in its help
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directories.
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</P>
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<p>
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A SICS manager will need to configure this help system. A new
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directory can be added to the list of directories to search with the
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command:
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<pre>
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help configure adddir dirname
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</pre>
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The default help file can be specified with:
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<pre>
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help configure defaultfile filename
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</pre>
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Each of these command given without a parameter print the current
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settings.
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</P>
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</BODY>
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</HTML>
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