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┌────────────┐
│ BLACKBEARD │
└────────────┘
User Supported Software
VERSION LOG
BLACKBEARD DOCUMENT GENERATOR
version remarks
----------------------------------------------------------------
1.2 Fixes bug so that BBMAN looks for the help file in
current directory, if BBDIR symbol is not defined.
1.1 Version for BB 7.35. Pretty good initial version
1.0 First version.
The Blackbeard Document Generator (BBMAN) generates a
context-sensitive Blackbeard manual. We created it to
satisfy the original design goals of the Blackbeard product.
These goals include:
o An excellent text editing system.
o An easy to use, does what you expect paradigm.
o No external documentation required.
We created the bb.doc file after many requests for a
Blackbeard user manual. This meet some needs, but we still
wanted to achieve our third design goal -- no documentation.
With the Blackbeard Document Generator, we have done it. This
documentation method is superior to printed material because it
is:
o always up to date;
o distributed on the same medium as the program;
o tailored to each user.
The Blackbeard Document Generator generates the Blackbeard
manual -- it contains all the information in the previous
BB.DOC file -- from BB.HLP and your key bindings. This means
that if you have redefined any keys to other functions, the
manual will contain the proper reference to your key. This
later feature is a first in the industry (as far as I know).
Not only will your manual be up to date (straight from the help
file), but it will be customized for your use of the product.
Running BBMAN
To run BBMAN, enter the following
BBMAN >filename
where filename is the name of the output document file (e.g.,
BB.DOC).
BBMAN will prompt your for the manual skeleton file. We have
included one to produce a close replica of the original BB.DOC
file, called BB.MAN.
Skeleton File
When you look at BB.MAN you will see two types of lines. The
first type is a period (.) followed by some text. BBMAN will
copy this line not counting the first . directly to the output.
This type of line can be used to include any comments of
formatting features you may desire. The second type of line is a
number. This number represents a help number. Each help message
in Blackbeard has a number. BBMAN looks up the help message
corresponding to the number and writes it to the output. The
first 200 (0-199) help numbers are reserved for Blackbeard
functions. When the number is less than 200, the function is
looked up to see which, if any, keys perform that function. This
information is written out to the output file. Help messages 200
to 249 are reserved for special Blackbeard messages. Your own
help messages can be placed in 250 or greater. The help
facility and BBMAN are both new, so be patient with them.
(For example, it can take quite a long time for the help
facility to display a list of help topics, but we will be
speeding it up.)