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Long Entries - The Second Level (A more detailed description).
Purpose
Long entries provide more detailed information than is available in the
single line allowed for short entries. Long entries are scrollable and
may be up to 65,536 characters in length.
Format:
one or more lines of text
[!seealso: references to other long entries]
Description
Long entries are the "meat" of a Hypertext Database. Generally, this
is where most of the information in a database will be found.
A long entry is entered into a Data Text File as ASCII text. Any text
following a short entry, and not preceded by a bang command (!short,
!file, or !seealso), is taken to be the long entry that the short entry
above it will expand to.
Like short entries, a long entry can include the bold, underline,
reverse and special video attributes; As with short entries, all
text, including spaces and tabs, will appear in the text of the
short entry in the database, exactly as it was typed into the
source file (with the exception of the special handling of the ^
(caret) character sequences described under Character Attributes).
A long entry can never be expanded to reveal another list of short
entries, or another long entry. However, within a long entry, you can
incorporate Related Topics: to other long entries, using the !seealso:
command.
See Also:
An Overview of Database Design.
System Requirements.
Hypertext Databases (specs)
Expert Help Engine
Character Attributes
Comments
!Credits:
Data Text Files.
!File:
Related Topics:
!Short:
The Menu Link Control File.
!Name:
The Search Engine (EH.EXE)
The Database Composer
!Menu:
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