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- ┌────────────┐
- │ BLACKBEARD │
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- User Supported Software
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- VERSION LOG
- BLACKBEARD DOCUMENT GENERATOR
-
- version remarks
- ----------------------------------------------------------------
- 1.2 Fixes bug so that BBMAN looks for the help file in
- current directory, if BBDIR symbol is not defined.
-
- 1.1 Version for BB 7.35. Pretty good initial version
-
- 1.0 First version.
-
- The Blackbeard Document Generator (BBMAN) generates a
- context-sensitive Blackbeard manual. We created it to
- satisfy the original design goals of the Blackbeard product.
- These goals include:
-
- o An excellent text editing system.
- o An easy to use, does what you expect paradigm.
- o No external documentation required.
-
- We created the bb.doc file after many requests for a
- Blackbeard user manual. This meet some needs, but we still
- wanted to achieve our third design goal -- no documentation.
- With the Blackbeard Document Generator, we have done it. This
- documentation method is superior to printed material because it
- is:
-
- o always up to date;
- o distributed on the same medium as the program;
- o tailored to each user.
-
- The Blackbeard Document Generator generates the Blackbeard
- manual -- it contains all the information in the previous
- BB.DOC file -- from BB.HLP and your key bindings. This means
- that if you have redefined any keys to other functions, the
- manual will contain the proper reference to your key. This
- later feature is a first in the industry (as far as I know).
- Not only will your manual be up to date (straight from the help
- file), but it will be customized for your use of the product.
-
- Running BBMAN
-
- To run BBMAN, enter the following
-
- BBMAN >filename
-
- where filename is the name of the output document file (e.g.,
- BB.DOC).
-
- BBMAN will prompt your for the manual skeleton file. We have
- included one to produce a close replica of the original BB.DOC
- file, called BB.MAN.
-
- Skeleton File
-
- When you look at BB.MAN you will see two types of lines. The
- first type is a period (.) followed by some text. BBMAN will
- copy this line not counting the first . directly to the output.
- This type of line can be used to include any comments of
- formatting features you may desire. The second type of line is a
- number. This number represents a help number. Each help message
- in Blackbeard has a number. BBMAN looks up the help message
- corresponding to the number and writes it to the output. The
- first 200 (0-199) help numbers are reserved for Blackbeard
- functions. When the number is less than 200, the function is
- looked up to see which, if any, keys perform that function. This
- information is written out to the output file. Help messages 200
- to 249 are reserved for special Blackbeard messages. Your own
- help messages can be placed in 250 or greater. The help
- facility and BBMAN are both new, so be patient with them.
- (For example, it can take quite a long time for the help
- facility to display a list of help topics, but we will be
- speeding it up.)
-