Forwarded from Kenneth Frank

["N. Sivin" nsivin@xxxxxxxx]

(This message did not get through directly because the "h" word appeared
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For online help we are developing 2 distinct files, both of which will
be available from within the product. One of these is a context
sensitive procedural help about how to use the program.

The other, and the one to which I alluded, is an on-line command
reference manual. It is designed to be comprehensive, and started out
based on the material from our existing command reference.

We recognize that much information is not contained in our command
reference. There are new commands, and in actual use, many details
about how things work are known to sophisticated users but not
necessarily collected in the manual.

The command reference is intended to be as comprehensive and technical
as we can make it. Essentially the command set is the Xy API, and the
more thoroughly it is documented the better.

ALthough our new product adds many capabilities and commands to the file
structure, previous Xy files are still supported. In that respect, as
it relates to the existing commands, input from current users is quite
valuable.

I hope this answers your questions. We should be making this file
available shortly. We need to determine how user input will be received
and incorporated.

K.

N. Sivin
History and Sociology of Science
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104-3325, U.S.A.
nsivin@xxxxxxxx