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5.2.3 Commands and Functions for Online Help

The following are commands and functions for CoCoA online help:
?, Man search online help system
Describe information about an expression
Functions list the functions of a package
H.Browse browse the online help system
H.Commands list commands according to type
H.Man search online help system (see "?, Man")
H.OutCommands print command descriptions to a file
H.OutManual print the online manual to a file
H.SetMore, H.UnSetMore more-device for online help
H.Syntax display the syntax of a command
H.Toc display the Table Of Contents of the online manual
H.Tutorial run the CoCoA tutorial
Help extend online help for user-defined functions
Starting list functions starting with a given string


For details look up each item by name. Online, try ?ItemName or H.Syntax("ItemName"). A good place to start is with the command, ?, itself. To see more information about ?, enter ? ? (with a space between the two question marks)