- starting Xi up -
+---+ ----- / / ---- - ---- This is Xi Version 0.5.3 / / --- +---+ --- ( 1)>What if Xi doesn't fire up? Hmm... maybe your PATH variable is not correctly set. Figure out where Xi is located and add the directory to your PATH variable.
( 1)>plot(dincarr(100),sin(dincarr(100)),\line);After a moment a new X-window should pop up. If not you may have problems with the environment variable XIPATH. Xi normaly checks for it's own location and stores this in the variable XIPATH. If this procedure fails Xi won't be able to start it's X-graphic-device (xigraph). Consequently it is important to set XIPATH to the correct value before you start the programm.
export XIPATH=/usr/local/xiOnline help can be accessed with the command help i.e.
( 2)>help print ( 3)>help usage: helpYou can leave Xi by using the command:: Get the help help s : Switch to short-help mode help l : Switch to long-help mode
( 3)>quitThe command exit has the same effect.