Documentation Update
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Product: Comet Editor (CED)
Version: 96.01
Date: October 24, 1996
The following changes were made in Version 96.01 of the Comet
Editor (CED):
1. Version 96.01 is intended for Comet 504 and higher.
2. The CED release includes a large library of on-line help
messages along with a hypertext browser program developed by
Topspin Computers (Huntington Beach, California). You launch
the on-line help screens by pressing the F1 key or by typing
HELP on a blank line.
The help screens contain text along with numerous hypertext
"links" -- these are displayed as highlighted words or phrases.
You can use the up/down arrows to position the cursor on a
link word, and then press the Enter key to jump to the
associated page(s).
Our 5 megabyte hypertext library includes comprehensive MTB
documentation (updated for 504, including many new sample
programs), an on-line version of the Instant Reference Guide,
documentation for The Reporter's command language and the
QACCESS command language, a full description of the CED
commands, and information on using the hypertext browser.
If you press the F1 key (or type HELP) on a blank line, the
browser displays the "home page" (which is the main menu for
the help files). If you press F1 on a line containing MTB
statements, the browser analyzes the contents of the line,
looking for an MTB keyword. If a keyword is found, the browser
displays the associated page (i.e., documentation for the
specific MTB keyword). You'll find this very helpful when
writing code.
This context-sensitive feature is configurable (i.e., you can
turn it off). The version we're shipping is configured to be
context sensitive. See the on-line help screens in CED for
more information.