XWAISQ(1)                 User Commands                 XWAISQ(1)



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     xwaisq - X interface to the WAIS questions

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     xxxxwwwwaaaaiiiissssqqqq [ standard X toolkit arguments ] [ QuestionName ]

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     xxxxwwwwaaaaiiiissssqqqq 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
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XWAISQ(1)                 User Commands                 XWAISQ(1)



     be written  back to the question directory.

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     Xwais                         application Default file.
     $(HOME)/wais-questions        location of  saved  questions.
     $(HOME)/wais-sources          location for personal sources.

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     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.

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     xxxxwwwwaaaaiiiissssqqqq is heavily dependant on it's  resources.   If  it  is
     unable  to find the proper resource file, it will most likey
     become unusable.

     xxxxwwwwaaaaiiiissssqqqq has no limit to resizing, so if the window is resized
     too small, some buttons may be lost.

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     xwais(1), waisindex(1), waisserver(1)

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     Jonny Goldman <Jonathan@Think.COM>
















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