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!Short: - Short Entries
Purpose
Short entries provide a concise summary of a topic and serve as an easy-
to-scan pointer to a more complete description.
Format:
!short:[line-of-text]
text of long entry
[!seealso: references]
or
!short:[line-of-text]
!file: filename.ngo
Description
A short entry is a single line of text. Short entries generally appear
as part of a list with other short entries; the list can be thought of
as an index into longer, more complete descriptions. These underlying
long descriptions are accessed via the Expand menu of the Hypertext
Database.
A short entry can point to either a single long entry or to another
list of short entries. A short entry must begin with the command
!short:, starting in column 1. All text after the colon, including
spaces and tabs, will appear in the text of the short entry in the
database, exactly as it was typed into the Data Text File (with the
exception of the special handling of ^ (caret) character sequences).
See Also:
An Overview of Database Design.
System Requirements.
Hypertext Databases (specs)
Expert Help Engine
Character Attributes
Comments
!Credits:
Data Text Files.
!File:
Long Entries
Related Topics:
The Menu Link Control File.
!Name:
The Search Engine (EH.EXE)
The Database Composer
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