Getting Help
NeXtMidas provides numerous sources of online help and documentation to assist
both new and experienced users:
- Online documentation (viewable via a web browser at
$NMROOT/htdocs/index.html):
- NeXtMidas User's Guide
- The ultimate reference for all aspects of the NeXtMidas framework.
- (You are looking at it.)
- NeXtMidas Training Course
- A complete training course designed for those new to NeXtMidas.
Intended for use either in a class room setting or as a self-paced
online training tool.
- Library API
- The Javadoc-generated library documentation for each installed option
tree.
- Option Tree Documentation (for each installed option tree)
- Concept Help - Explains the concepts used in the option tree.
- Explain Files - The same explain files available via the
EXPLAIN
command viewable in a
web browser.
- Library API - The Javadoc-generated library documentationfor
each command.
- Documentation available within a NeXtMidas session (at the OS prompt, NOT
the NeXtMidas "nM>" prompt).
nm -help
- Displays NeXtMidas command syntax, environment variables, and runtime options.
- Documentation available inside the NeXtMidas shell:
DEFAULT <command>
- Lists default values for a given command.
- See the explain file for
DEFAULT
for more details.
EXPLAIN <command>
- Provides the most detailed description about the calling sequence and
performance of a specified command.
- See the explain file for
EXPLAIN
for more details.
HELP <command>
- Similar to the
EXPLAIN
command.
- See the explain file for
HELP
for more details.
HELP/GUI
- Brings up a graphical help browser that includes the online help.
MENU
- Provides an up-to-date list of all NeXtMidas commands available for
execution.
- See the explain file for
MENU
for more details.
QUERY <object> <method>
- Provides documentation for the Java methods that can be accessed via
the
INVOKE
command.
- See the explain file for
QUERY
for more details.
- Command completion inside the NeXtMidas shell:
- A question mark (
?
) appearing at the end of a partial
command line prompts NeXtMidas for command arguments. For example,
nM> status ?
gives the following prompt:
FILE=
After each prompt, NeXtMidas displays the completed command line
which you can either edit or press ENTER
to execute.
- A TAB can be used to complete commands, file names or result names in
the shell.
- NeXtMidas Help Desk:
- If you still have an unresolved question, please contact one of the NeXtMidas
developers.
- Email:
- Please send an email addressed to the NeXtMidas Team
(
nextmidas (at) sapns2.com
) so that you will get a prompt
reply even if any one of the team members are out of the office.
- CWAN Email:
- Please send an email addressed to the NeXtMidas Team
(
nextmidas (at) tma.ctr.nro.ic.gov
) so that you will get a prompt
reply even if any one of the team members are out of the office.
- Phone:
- Phone is one of the best ways to contact the NeXtMidas team.
- The help desk number is:
703-964-5801 ext 5NXM (ie 5696)
- Note that the team is usually available Monday to Friday between 9:00 and 16:00
eastern time. If you don't get an answer, please leave a voice mail with your
name and number.