XWAIS(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             XWAIS(1)



NAME
     xwais - X interface to the WAIS system

SYNOPSIS
     xwais [ standard X toolkit arguments ]

DESCRIPTION
     xwais is a simple interface that allows the selection and
     modification of WAIS questions and sources.

     There are basically three kinds of windows you will see in
     Xwais:

     1. the main Xwais window.
     2. a number of Question windows.
     3. a Source window.

     In the main Xwais window you'll see two lists - Questions
     and Sources.

     To open a question, select the question in the Question List
     and press the "Open" button in the  Question frame.  To
     create a  new  question, press the "New" button in  the
     Question frame.   Press "Help" in  the resulting Question
     window    for  information  on how  to   manipulate ques-
     tions.

     To add a new source, press the "New"  button in the  Source
     Frame.  To edit an old source,  press  the "Open"  button.

     To exit the application, click twice on the "Quit"  button.
     This only closes the Xwais "shell".  Questions must be
     closed explicitly.

     Remember, your window  manager may be managing  some of
     these windows, so if you  click on a  button and see  no
     window,  check to see if the window has actually been iconi-
     fied.

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

RESOURCES
     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*userSourceDirectory:    ~/wais-sources/
     Xwais*commonSourceDirectory:  /proj/wais/wais/wais-sources/



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XWAIS(1)            UNIX Programmer's Manual             XWAIS(1)



BUGS
     xwais currently has a limit of twenty questions. It will
     arbitrarily trunctate the list to the first twenty files it
     sees.

     xwais does not sort the question or source lists.  It really
     should.

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

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

SEE ALSO
     xwaisq(1), waisindex(1), waisserver(1)

AUTHOR
     Jonny Goldman <Jonathan@Think.COM>



































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