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- HELP
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- Help functions as an external DOS command. Its purpose is to
- provide help with all DOS 2.10 commands.
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- Help has two modes, direct and menu. In direct mode you simply
- type HELP followed by the command you want information on. Both
- help and the command may be typed in any combination of upper
- and lower case letters. The word HELP and the command must be
- separated by one and only one space.
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- To enter menu mode just type HELP. A menu of all DOS commands
- will be displayed and you will be prompted to enter a command.
- After the help screen for the command you select has
- been displayed you will return to the menu. To leave menu mode
- strike the enter key without entering a command name.
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- If you enter an unknown command in either mode you will be
- placed in menu mode and the menu will be displayed.
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- Help Data File
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- The file HELP.DAT contains the help screens and may be modified
- with any text editor. If you modify the file you must obey the
- following rules.
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- The first two characters of each line are reserved for a record
- code. The codes are as follows.
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- #C = the command name in ALL UPPER CASE letters.
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- #F = the function of the command.
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- #X = the command syntax.
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- #E = an example of the command.
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- The record code appears in the first line of the catagory only.
- Continuation lines are allowed for the function, syntax and
- example catagories. The continuation lines must have a space in
- each of the first two positions. The third character of each
- line must be a space.
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- If the text will not fit on the screen the program will pause
- and request that you strike a key when ready to continue.
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- You can add new topics to the HELP.DAT file if you wish,
- however, the menu is part of the program code for speed and can
- not be changed.
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- Bill Todd
- P. O. Box 2795
- Des Plaines, IL. 60018
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