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XWAISQ(1) UNIX Programmer's Manual XWAISQ(1)
NAME
xwaisq - X interface to the WAIS questions
SYNOPSIS
xwaisq [ standard X toolkit arguments ] [ QuestionName ]
DESCRIPTION
xwaisq is an X Windows based client for the WAIS system. It
is the application used for modifying and submitting ques-
tions to a WAIS server.
This application is heavily dependant on the X Toolkit
resource mechanism. Questions are stored to the user's
"questionDirectory" (usually ~/wais-questions) and can be
retrieved using this application.
A question is posed in three parts:
1. Search words, labeled "Tell me about"
2. Sources, labeled "In Sources"
3. Relevance Feedback, labeled "Similar to"
Search words can be entered into the "Tell me about" frame
by simply typing into the frame. Pressing return will ini-
tiate the search (however, if you have not yet specified a
source, you'll be warned, and no search will actually
occur).
To add a source to a question, press "Add Source", and
select the source from the popup menu. To remove a source
from the question, select the source, and click on the
"Delete Source" button.
To add a document to a question, select the document in the
Result Document list, and press "Add Document". To remove
a document from the question, select the document, and
click on the "Delete Document" button.
When you have you question completely defined, you can
search the sources by pressing the "Search" button, or
<RETURN> in the "Tell me about" window.
To view a resulting document, select the document and
press the "View" button. A new Document window will
appear. If you'd like to see the keywords matched, press
the "Find Key" button. To save the document to a file,
press the "Save to File" button. When you are finished
with the document, press "Done" button in the Document win-
dow.
When you are finished with the question close its window
using the "Done" button. Any changes to the question will
be written back to the question directory.
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*documentDirectory: ~/wais-documents/
Xwais*userSourceDirectory: ~/wais-sources/
Xwais*commonSourceDirectory
Xwais*seedWords
Xwais*initialSource
Xwais*questionName
Xwais*DoSearch
The last four resources are usually unspecified. Under spe-
cial circumstances they may be used to fully specify a ques-
tion without a file.
BUGS
xwaisq is heavily dependant on it's resources. If it is
unable to find the proper resource file, it will most likey
become unusable.
xwaisq has no limit to resizing, so if the window is resized
too small, some buttons may be lost.
SEE ALSO
xwais(1), waisindex(1), waisserver(1)
AUTHOR
Jonny Goldman <Jonathan@Think.COM>
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