3.4.4 The Help menu
The Help menu contains commands that let you get information
about Xcas from various sources.
This menu contains the following entries:
-
Index
This will bring up the help index.
(See help index
) - Find word in HTML help (F12)
This will bring up a page which will help you search for keywords in
the html documentation that came with Xcas. The help will
be displayed in your browser. - Interface
This will bring up a tutorial for the Xcas interface. The
tutorial will be displayed in your browser. - Reference card, fiches
This will bring up (in your browser) a pdf reference card for
Xcas. - Manuals
This will let you choose from a variety of manuals for Xcas.
They will appear in your browser unless otherwise noted.
-
CAS reference
This will bring up a manual for Xcas. - Algorithmes (HTML)
This will bring up a manual for the algorithms used by Xcas. - Algorithmes (PDF)
This will bring up a pdf version of the manual for the algorithms
used by Xcas. - Geometry
This will bring up a manual for two-dimensional geometry in
Xcas. - Programmation
This will bring up a manual for programming in Xcas. - Simulation
This will bring up a manual for statistics and using the
Xcas spreadsheet. - Turtle
This will bring up a manual for using the Turtle drawing
screen in Xcas. - Exercices
This will bring up a page of exercises that you can do with
Xcas. - Amusement
This will bring up a page of mathematical amusements that you can
work through with Xcas. - PARI-GP
This will bring up documentation for the GP/PARI functions.
- Internet
The Internet menu contains commands that take you to
various web pages related to Xcas. Among them are the
following entries:
-
Forum
This will take you to the Xcas forum. - Update help
This will install updated help files (retrieved from the
Xcas website).
- Start with CAS
This menu has the following entries.-
Tutorial
This opens up the tutorial. - solutions
This opens up the solutions to the exercises in the tutorial.
- Tutoriel algo
This opens up a tutorial on algorithms and programming with
Xcas. - Rebuild help cache
This will rebuild the help index. - About
This will display a message window with information about Xcas. - Examples
This will allow you to choose from a variety of example worksheets,
which will then be copied to your current directory and opened.