_H_o_w_ _t_o_ _u_s_e_ _t_h_e_ _M_i_r_a_n_d_a_ _o_n_-_l_i_n_e_ _r_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_ _m_a_n_u_a_l: The manual is menu driven, and is a separate subsystem that can be invoked from the Miranda command interpreter. To access the manual from Miranda, type /man followed by return. To access the manual directly from the command line, without entering Miranda first, type the line mira -man as a shell command. On entering the manual system a contents page is displayed listing numbered sections. In response to the question at the bottom of the page you should enter the number of the section you wish to see and press return (i.e. ENTER). The contents of that section are then displayed to you. When you are ready to leave the manual, press return, without giving ay section number, in response to the question at the foot of the contents page - typing q (for "quit") has the same effect. If the section is more than one page long, you should press the space bar when you have finished reading a page, in order to see the next page (or press return to see one more line). At the end of the section, you may press return to go back to the contents page. The manual is organised in short sections, each at most two or three screenfulls long. Where a section would otherwise be too long to fit in with this philosophy, the manual is organised recursively and will display a subsidiary contents page, with a list of numbered subsections, which you may read, as before, by typing the appropriate number. To return to the main menu from a submenu, press return with no section number, in response to the question at the bottom of the page. The manual is intended to provide online documentation of the Miranda programming language and the command system in which it is embedded. It is not intended to be a tutorial on functional programming. It does not provide information about the operating system, for which separate documentation is available (but there is a section on the Miranda/UNIX interface). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _S_u_m_m_a_r_y_ _o_f_ _m_a_n_u_a_l_ _b_e_h_a_v_i_o_u_r_: Whenever the manual system prompts the user for input - by asking for "next selection" - the complete repertoire of possible responses is: q quit the manual exit one level of menu structure (i.e. if at foot of section, return to menu if at submenu, return to master menu if at main menu, quit the manual) display section from current contents page . (dot) same again, i.e. redisplay last requested section + display next section in numerical order - display previous section !command temporary escape to O/S, executes shell command ------------------------------------------------------------------------ _S_u_m_m_a_r_y_ _o_f_ _t_h_e_ _b_e_h_a_v_i_o_u_r_ _o_f_ _`_m_o_r_e_'_: Individual sections of the manual are displayed to you using the UNIX program `more' or an equivalent such as `less' (you can change this by setting an environment variable VIEWER (*)). These programs have their own UNIX manual page describing their features. The responses you can give generally include [SPACE] display next screenful [return] display one more line q (quit) cease showing me this file b (back) scroll backwards by one screenful /context search for context (eg a word) ?context search backwards for context h help (*) See the section on Environment Variables under UNIX/Miranda system interface.