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- Version: 0.87, wais-8-b5.1
- Date: Thu Aug 27 1992
- Author: Jonny Goldman <jonathan@Think.COM>
-
- This is the main window for xwais, the X interface to a Wide Area
- Information Server. Using xwais, you can quickly obtain information from
- the sources provided by your server.
-
- There are three parts to this X WAIStation window: Questions, Sources, and
- Status.
-
- "Questions" lists the files in which you have saved questions from previous
- sessions. If this is the first time you are using xwais, the Questions
- list is empty.
-
- "Sources" lists the sources available to you.
-
- "Status" displays messages from xwais.
-
- Asking a Question
-
- To ask a new question, click on the New button beneath the Questions
- list. A Question window appears; click on the Help button in this window
- to find out how to ask the question.
-
- To ask a question from your Questions list, click on its name to highlight
- it, then click on the Open button. A window appears showing the question.
- You might want to save a question and re-ask it if your sources are
- periodically updated, and you want to see if there is new information
- available.
-
-
- Editing and Adding Sources
-
- In general, you will not need to do much with sources. If you do wish to
- edit or create new sources, see the WAIStation Users's Guide to learn the
- meaning of the slots in the Source Edit window.
-
- To add a new source, click on the New button beneath the Sources list. A
- Source window appears. Fill in the Name field with the name of the source
- (ending in .src) that will become the name of the source for further
- questions. Fill in the rest of the information according to the
- description in the WAIStation User's Guide.
-
- To modify a source from your Source list, click on its name to highlight
- it, then click on the Open button. A window appears showing the source.
- Change the apropriate information according to the description in the
- WAIStation User's Guide.
-
-
- Leaving xwais
-
- To leave xwais, click twice on the Quit button beneath the Questions list.
- (This only closes the XWAIStation window. If you have question windows
- open, you must close them separately.)
-