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- The input format of the help compiler is simple.
- There is a heading, and as many catagories as you
- choose to enter.
- The heading begins with %%, and optionally
- contains both the font and font size which will be
- used to display the help text. Note that if either the
- font or the size are not available at run time, the
- system will default both.
- After the header section comes the help catagory
- sections. These begin with a single %, followed
- by the name of the help catagory. The following lines
- contain the text which will be displayed when the
- user selects this catagory. This text is terminated
- either by the start of another catagory, or by the end
- of the input file.
- In the text, you can specify that words or phrases
- are emphasized (like some of the words in this
- text) by surrounding them by escape sequences. The
- following sequences are recognized:
- Ñ \b Bold
- Ñ \ c Condense
- Ñ \@x Extend
- Ñ \o Outline
- Ñ \i Italic
- Ñ \s Shadow
- Ñ \e Terminate Escape
- Ñ \\ Show a single \
- You can make combinations of these by just using
- both before the emphasized text. For example, to get
- Bold and Italic, type
- \b\iBold and Italic\e.
- If you choose a font which is not one of the
- required fonts, be sure to include it in the application
- file.
-