Online Help

NeXtMidas has an enormous amount of on-line help, ranging from descriptions of commands to on-line documentation for internal library routines.

Concept Help

At this moment, you are using the on-line help system that provides an overview of NeXtMidas concepts and capabilities. It is a great source of information to use before or after installing NeXtMidas on your system.

Command Lists

After NeXtMidas is installed, these commands quickly provide explanations of concepts or commands: MENU, EXPLAIN, DEFAULT, HELP, HELP/GUI.

MENU provides an up-to-date list of all NeXtMidas commands available for execution.

EXPLAIN <command> always gives the most detailed description about the calling sequence and performance of a specified command.

DEFAULT <command> lists default values for <command>

HELP shows list of HELP categories

HELP <category> lists routines, switches, or qualifiers in <category>

HELP <routine> gives on-line documentation for <routine>

HELP/GUI is a graphic interface to EXPLAIN and HELP. The HELP/GUI is a simple way for beginners to learn their way around NeXtMidas. It is also helpful to Midas veterans who want to look up a detail or two without interrupting their current session.

This example brings up an interactive menu for browsing through NeXtMidas concepts. Type HELP at the NeXtMidas prompt:

nM>help