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XWAIS(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual XWAIS(1)
NAME
xwais - X interface to the WAIS system
SYNOPSIS
xwais [ standard X toolkit arguments ]
DESCRIPTION
xwais is a simple interface that allows the selection and
modification of WAIS questions and sources.
There are basically three kinds of windows you will see in
Xwais:
1. the main Xwais window.
2. a number of Question windows.
3. a Source window.
In the main Xwais window you'll see two lists - Questions
and Sources.
To open a question, select the question in the Question List
and press the "Open" button in the Question frame. To
create a new question, press the "New" button in the
Question frame. Press "Help" in the resulting Question
window for information on how to manipulate ques-
tions.
To add a new source, press the "New" button in the Source
Frame. To edit an old source, press the "Open" button.
To exit the application, click twice on the "Quit" button.
This only closes the Xwais "shell". Questions must be
closed explicitly.
Remember, your window manager may be managing some of
these windows, so if you click on a button and see no
window, check to see if the window has actually been iconi-
fied.
FILES
Xwais application Default file.
$(HOME)/wais-questions location of saved questions.
$(HOME)/wais-sources location for personal sources.
RESOURCES
The following resources may be changed to modify the default
behavior of the application. I recommend you look at the
resource file Xwais to get a better idea of all the
resources available.
Xwais*questionDirectory: ~/wais-questions/
Xwais*userSourceDirectory: ~/wais-sources/
Xwais*commonSourceDirectory: /proj/wais/wais/wais-sources/
BUGS
xwais currently has a limit of twenty questions. It will
arbitrarily trunctate the list to the first twenty files it
sees.
xwais does not sort the question or source lists. It really
should.
xwais is heavily dependant on it's resources. If it is
unable to find the proper resource file, it will most likey
become unusable.
xwais has no limit to resizing, so if the window is resized
too small, some buttons may be lost.
SEE ALSO
xwaisq(1), waisindex(1), waisserver(1)
AUTHOR
Jonny Goldman <Jonathan@Think.COM>
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