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- (@title Creating a HyperHelp Set@)When you invoke HyperHelp
- -- either by pressing the (@ref help:help/hotkeys@)Hot key(@unref@) or by
- running it from the Workbench -- the first text HyperHelp displays is the
- contents of the file (@bold@)Help:toplevel(@bold@). The
- (@bold@)toplevel(@bold@)
- file is actually the only file you need to have in the Help: disk or
- directory. You can have HyperHelp link (or (@bold@)refer(@bold@)) to files
- in any directory, as long as you specify the complete path name in the
- reference. See (@ref help:help/commands@)Commands(@unref@) for more details.
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- Help files are standard ASCII text files, with special embedded codes
- for formatting text and setting up links to other files. The embedded codes
- are placed in between (@bold@)(@(@bold@) and (@bold@)@)(@bold@) marks.
- In order for this commands to be interpreted, the first two characters
- in a file must be (@bold@)(@(@bold@). If not, then HyperHelp will
- not recognise any other commands in the file. Usually the first command
- in a file would be to set the windows (@ref title, help:help/misc_cmds@)
- title(@unref@), so this is not a problem.
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- HyperHelp uses two consecutive linefeeds to determine the end of a
- paragraph. HyperHelp replaces one linefeed character with a
- space. It formats paragraphs to fit within the current
- width of the window. This lets you compose help files with
- simple text editors, or with complex word processors that can save
- in plain ASCII format. In order to put a blank line between two paragraphs,
- you would need to put 4 consecutive linefeeds in the file. In a normal
- text editor, this will look like 3 blank lines.
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- Click on any of the topics below for details on that topic.
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- (@ref help:help/commands@)Commands(@unref@)
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- (@ref help:help/environment@)Environment Variables(@unref@)
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- (@ref help:help/tips@)Style Considerations for On-Line Documentation(@unref@)
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