The files in this directory are not needed to run ARexxGuide, but
might be helpful to some users. These files are included:

  ARexxGuide                       ARexxGuide.info
  ARexxGuide.rexx                  ARx_Guide.xref
  ARx_Help.rexx                    ARx_Help.TTX

 ARexxGuide.rexx ARexxGuide & ARexxGuide.info
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
I use these files to start the guide. They require that certain
environmental variables be set, but the script will attempt to set
the variables if they are not present.

The script uses functions from "rexxarplib.library" to help the
user set up the system. Although it can handle a system that
doesn't have "rexxarplib," it isn't pretty. Once the system is set
up, though, rexxarplib is no longer needed for this file.

This script uses the .xref file which is explained below.

The launch script and .xref files were especially helpful during
development, before full paths were added to the link points. The
.rexx file is the only file that really does anything. The file
named 'ARexxGuide' is empty. It's only purpose is to hold a place
for the icon file, making it possible to move the icon normally.

The icon is set up to call the ARexxGuide.rexx file. It can be
placed in any directory and will successfully launch the guide as
long as long as ARexxGuide.rexx is located in the REXX: directory.

Those who wish to show ARexxGuide on a public screen could use the
public screen support in rexxarplib.library to automatically open
it on a public screen.


 ARx_Guide.xref
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When the 'Find Document' menu item is chosen in the AmigaGuide
'Navigation' menu, the application searches the current database
for the specified name. It will also search any cross-reference
file that has been added. This file tells AmigaGuide where to find
many of the nodes in the guide and makes the Navigation feature
more useful.

The .xref file is automatically added by the ARexxGuide.rexx file
described above. It is also used by the help-key macros.

 ARx_Help.ttx & ARx_Help.rexx
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A readme file for each of these supplemental programs is included
in this directory.

               Robin Evans                   16 Oct 1993

                  R.EVANS6   on GEnie

                  from Internet:
                     robin@halcyon.com
                     r.evans6@genie.geis.com