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- How to use the EPIC help system
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- ++ New users should use "/help 7 new_user" before proceeding further. ++
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- The basic system has not changed from previous releases of the client.
- What has changed is the structure of the helpfiles, and the helpfiles
- themselves. Helpfiles are now organized in logical groups of commands,
- similar to the Unix manual system.
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- Section 1: General Commands Section 5: Programming EPIC
- Section 2: Server Queries Section 6: Builtin Functions
- Section 3: IRC Operator Commands Section 7: Documentation
- Section 4: Miscellaneous Commands Section 8: Script Library
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- The implication of this, however, is that HELP can't work the same way
- as it used to. In order to read a helpfile now, its section number must
- also be given. Thus, where one previously obtained help on WHOIS with
- "/help whois", one must now use "/help 2 whois".
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- Another change is the references to related topics in individual helpfiles,
- which is another similarity to Unix man pages. To better help users ease
- into the new format, all topic references in the "See Also" sections will
- include a Unix-ish section reference, such as "whois(2)".
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- ++ If you have not yet read "/help 7 new_user", please do so now. ++
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