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How to Create a Top-level Command Help Page

 

Template Instructions

Help Page Template Sections

Template Instructions

  

To create a top-level command help page using the template:

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Enter ?examples/CommandTemplate at the Maple prompt or click the following hyperlink: Top-level Command help page template.

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Save the worksheet with an appropriate name.

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Replace <Command_Name> with the name of the command and <one line description of the command> with a brief description of the command.  Remove the angle brackets (< >) surrounding each field.

Help Page Template Sections

Calling Sequences

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Use the format specified for the calling sequences. Replace <Command_Name>, <param1>, <param2>, and options with the appropriate names.

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Use one calling sequence per distinct general calling sequence.  Add more calling sequences if required.

Parameters

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Sort parameters to match the order in which they appear as you read the calling sequences.

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Replace <param1>, <data type>, and <parameter description> with your information.

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If a parameter is optional, add it to the Options section as well as to the list of named options in the following section.

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If optional equations (options) can be specified, use the following format.

Options

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Sort options in alphabetical order.

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Replace option1, <data type>, and <option description> with your information.

Description

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Use one or more of the following structures for the first bullets in the description.  This will describe the functionality of the command.

  

OR

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If optional equations (options) can be specified, use the following format.

Examples

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Include both simple and complicated examples. Include examples of optional parameters or multiple calling sequences when applicable.

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If you will be saving your help page in .mws format, you must use 1-D math to enter your examples.  If you will be saving the help page in .mw format, you can choose 1-D math, 2-D math, or a mixture of input formats.

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Add comments for each example.

See Also

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List help page hyperlinks in alphabetical order separated by commas. For more information, see worksheet/managing/linking and worksheet/documenting/hyperlinkeditor.

See Also

examples/CommandTemplate

Templates

UsingPackages

worksheet/documenting/hyperlinkeditor

worksheet/managing/linking

 


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