MacAnova Documentation
On line help
MacAnova has several kinds of documenation available. The first
is on-line help from within MacAnova itself by use of the
help() or guihelp() commands. help(foo) will search for topic
foo in all files in the variable HELPFILES and then print
the help in the output window. (HELPFILES is initialized
to contain all the MacAnova standard help, but you can add your own
if necessary.) guihelp(foo) will look for help on topic
foo and then display the help in a browser. The browser
help is just a reformatted version of what can be obtained
via help(), but the browser version has the advantage that
it has many links so that you can jump easily between topics.
Introduction to MacAnova
This is a primer for MacAnova, gently introduction topics and giving
many examples. It was current for MacAnova 4.12 Release 2, but
nearly everything is still relevant for new versions.
If you
installed the documentation with MacAnova, then you should
have this document. On Windows or Linux, go to the directory where you
installed MacAnova, then go down through the SharedSupport,
docs, and pdf directories. The Introduction is Intro.pdf.
On the Macintosh, there should be a documentation folder installed
with MacAnova; go down into the docs folder, and Intro.pdf should
be there.
MacAnova Users' Guide
This is much more comprehensive than the Introduction document,
but not as up to date, being current for version 4.07. The Users'
Guide comes as 11 separate chapters and 6 appendices (titled
manchp03.pdf or manapdxc.pdf, etc). The regular chapters are
still very useful, but the appendices on Windows- or Macintosh-specific
topics are terribly out of date.
If you installed the documentation with MacAnova, then you should
have the Users' Guide. On Windows or Linux, go to the directory where you
installed MacAnova, then go down through the SharedSupport,
docs, and pdf directories.
On the Macintosh, there should be a documentation folder installed
with MacAnova; go down into the docs folder to find the Users' Guide.
MacAnova Reference Manual
Finally, there is the Reference Manual, which is a "printed" version of
the information available from the help files via help() or guihelp().
This document is rather large (over 800 pages).
If you installed the documentation with MacAnova, then you should
have the MacAnova Reference. On Windows or Linux, go to the directory where you
installed MacAnova, then go down through the SharedSupport,
docs, and pdf directories.
On the Macintosh, there should be a documentation folder installed
with MacAnova; go down into the docs folder to find the Users' Guide.