HELP
[SIC\]HELP [FUNCTION|TASK|RUN|GO] [Topic [Subtopic|*]]
Display the help of various Gildas tools. There may be two levels of
help available. In this case, a wildcard will display all the subtopic
helps at once. You can use the switch SIC HELP to customize the way long
helps are displayed (see HELP SIC HELP).
HELP
Without an argument, HELP gives the list of available languages and
commands.
HELP LangName\
With a language name followed by a backslash (e.g. HELP SIC\), HELP
gives a one line description of all commands specific to this lan-
guage.
HELP Command [Subtopic]
With a command name, the help for this command is displayed. Ambigui-
ties can be fixed by prefixing the command by its parent language
(e.g. HELP SIC\DEFINE). A subtopic (e.g. an option name) can be given
as second argument.
Subtopics which appear in capital letters when listed by HELP Command
are not case-sensitive, while Subtopics appearing in mixed-cases are
case-sensitive.
HELP FUNCTION [Name]
With the keyword FUNCTION alone, it gives a list of all functions
available. With a function name added, it gives a detailed help for
this function. There are 3 kind of functions: 1) functions with native
support in the SIC interpreter, 2) program-defined functions (specific
to each program), 3) user-defined functions (defined with DEFINE FUNC-
TION).
HELP TASK [Group|?]
With the keyword TASK, it gives a one line description of all avail-
able tasks. A task group name can be given as second to restrict the
list to this group. Type HELP TASK ? for the list of available groups.
HELP RUN TaskName [VarName]
With the keyword RUN followed by a task name, the help for this task
is displayed.
HELP GO ProcName [Subtopic]
With the keyword GO followed by a procedure name (lower case sensi-
tive), the help for this procedure is displayed.
HELP SIC SYNTAX
Get some basic help on the SIC interpreter syntax.