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Contents
Introduction to the System
Roadmap for this manual
Overview of LINCKS
Composite Objects and Views
History
Bound and Unbound References
The Software Layers
Potential Uses of LINCKS
Information System Applications
Applications with Added Functionality
Applications with Specialized Interface Functionality
Paradigms used in xlincks
Editing
The X-based user interface
Future plans for LINCKS
How do I (basic questions)
log in?
log out?
get to the on-line help?
expand an item?
create a new item?
delete an item?
edit an item?
store my changes?
undo my changes?
move some text from one item to another?
yank back something I've deleted?
insert text from outside the database?
use X's normal cut and paste?
know what can be expanded?
duplicate a window?
know if another user is editing an item?
know which GPD's are available?
know which GPD is being used for a view?
reuse the same window when expanding?
go back to the previous window?
dump an object to an external file?
get back my user root object?
share an object in different views?
split one item into two?
join two items together into one?
expand an item in a view other than the default view?
close all windows?
close all unchanged windows?
iconify, raise, or lower a window from the keyboard?
add a link to another object?
close all these auxiliary windows?
change my password
How do I (advanced questions)
change the default GPD used in expansion?
change which windows I get at login?
refetch something already in my workspace?
go back to an old version of a composite object?
look at the history of a composite object
look at the history of a single item
promote a composite object?
promote an old version of an item?
compare two different versions of a composition?
move a block from one view to another?
have my own set of X translations?
know what the possible translations are?
dump an object so it can be loaded into another database?
write my own GPD?
change application specific resources?
Summary of xlincks commands
The `Command Menu'
Buttons in each window
Emacs-like commands
Command Equivalencies
Frequently Asked Questions
How do I close the menu I get by pushing the `Expand ...' button?
What does it mean when I get a ``Couldn't build view using ` somename''' error message?
What are these items surrounded by ?
What is this `empty: ' item?
What should I type when asked what view to use?
What's the difference between cutting and pasting with X and using the structure editing?
What's this information window about transient components?
Why does it ask if I want to save when I haven't changed anything?
What is this trace output in the window where I started up xlincks?
What are these notifications about someone else editing something?
What happens if I don't save changes when I log out?
Why is part of my window shaded?
Why does it dump core when I do ?
On Selective Dumping
Creating Dump Description Object
Dumping a part of the database recursively
Extracting the information
Miscellaneous comments about dumping
NOTES on Generic Presentation Descriptors
Introduction
GPD Language
STRUCTURE
ACCESS
Notes about the ACCESS section
EXPAND
FORMAT
AUTOLINKS
How To Setup An Autolink
Autolinking Syntax
GPD Maps
Tag Inheritance Chains
System Defined GPD's
GPD's for viewing GPD's and GPDmaps
The `gpdmaps & contents' view
The `gpdmaps' view
The `gpdmap' view
The `gpd' view
The Text GPD map
The `document overview' view
The `full document' view
The `text' view
The `notes' view
The `document contents' view
The `flat text' view
The `glossary' view
The `glossary index' view
The `company memo' view
Folder GPD map
The `folder' view
The `folder & default expand type' view
The `item' view
System GPD map
The `user' view
The `define expand types' view
The `define SPD' view
The `login profile' view
Map for viewing parts of database objects
The `node' view
The `image' view
The `links' view
The `attributes' view
Dump GPD map
The `dump file description' view
The `dump file folder' view
Concept Dictionary/Glossary
Index
About this document ...
Martin Sjolin
Mon May 29 19:53:45 MET DST 1995