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| N L H |
| N A T U R A L |
| L A N G U A G E |
| H Y P E R T E X T |
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(Version 1.4 17-Jan-1992)
Natural Language
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This program allows you to get quickly proper answers to your questions
regarding specific problems as in this case for PCMB, writing your question
in the same manner you speak by phone (natural Language) and getting back a
text in Hypertext format.
Disclaimer
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This program is still in the experimental phase so that users of NLH.EXE must
accept this disclaimer of warranty :
"NLH.EXE is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or
implied, including, without limitations, the warranties of merchantability
and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages,
direct or consequential, which may result from the use of NLH.EXE".
Installing NLH
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In your program diskette you must have the self-extracting NLHPCMB.EXE file.
Put this diskette in drive A: and prepare a directory into your hard disk
(i.e. at DOS prompt C:\MD NL). Then enter this directory (i.e. C:\CD NL) and
copy this file from drive A: (i.e. C:\NL\COPY A:NLHPCMB.EXE). After that copy
execute this program to decompress automatically all files. Erase NLHPCMB.EXE
and save diskette in A: for backup. Execute NLH.
Files You Need
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You must have in your directory (i.e. c:\NL\) the following files :
- NLH.EXE Main Program
- NLH.CFG Configuration file for NLH.EXE
- NLUSERE.DOC User documentation
- PCMB.ADB PCMB Answer Data Base
- PCMB.AX1 Index file N. 1
- PCMB.AX2 Index file N. 2
- PCMB.AX3 Index file N. 3
- PCMB.AX4 Index file N. 4
- PCMB.WL Word List File
- PCMB.RL Rreplace List Files
- nnnnnn.SCR Screen Files
Changing Options
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You can change some program options and colors, editing the Parameter
Session of NLH.CFG configuration file.
'------------------------------------ Optional Parameters
TITLE=GE Information Services Program Title
SOUND=Yes Silent/Not Silent operation
DB=PCMB Default Answer Base
'------------------------------------ Color Section
F_MAIN=15 Main Window F for foreground color
B_MAIN=1 B for background color
F_TMAIN=7 Main Window Text
B_TMAIN=1
F_TREV=0 Main Window Reverse Text
B_TREV=1
F_DESK=15 Bottom Window
B_DESK=3
F_TDESK=14 Bottom Window Text
B_TDESK=3
F_DESKR=14 Bottom Window Text Reverse
B_DESKR=1
F_WHELP=15 Help Window
B_WHELP=7
F_THELP=0 Help Window Text
B_THELP=7
F_KEYH=15 Highlighted Keyword
B_KEYH=1
F_KEY=14 Keyword
B_KEY=0
'------------------------------------ End
Notes on Color Use
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You can choose colors depending on following table.
F_ stands for Foreground (0 to 31)
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Monochrome display Color display
------------------ -------------
0 = black when BG 0 or 7) 0 = black 8 = gray
green otherwise 1 = blue 9 = light blue
1 = uderlined green 2 = green 10 = light green
2-7 = green 3 = cyan 11 = light cyan
8 = black when BG 0 or 7 4 = red 12 = light red
light green otherwise 5 = magenta 13 = light magenta
9 = light underlined green 6 = brown 14 = yellow
10-15 = light green 7 = white 15 = light white
16 = blinking black when BG 0 or 7 add 16 for blinking
blinking green otherwise
17 = Underlined blinking green
18-23 = blinking green
24 = blinking black when BG 0 or 7
blinking green otherwise
25 = light blinking underlined green
26-31 = light blinking green
B_ stands for Background color (0 to 7)
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Monochrome display Color display
------------------ -------------
0-6 = black 0 = black
7 = green when FG 0,8,16,24 1 = blue
black otherwise 2 = green
3 = cyan
4 = red
5 = magenta
6 = brown
7 = white
Executing NLH
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In the NL directory (where Programs, Data Base and Indexes files must reside)
execute NLH followed by a space and the name of Answers Data Base.
C:\NL\NLH PCMB
executes Natural Language Hypertext program which reads 'PCMB' ADB Answer
Data Base for PCMB troubleshooting.
Once executed, you get two windows: Main Answer Window (78 characters per 20
lines) and Input Bottom Window (78 characters per 1 line). Write your
question in that Window and you get always an answer on Answer Main Window.
If the answer is greater than 20 lines, you can navigate Answer Text with
numeric keyboard small Arrows (Up and Down), PgUp/PgDn and Home/End keys. Any
way press Alt-H keys together or F1 key to get the Help Window (ESC key to
come back).
Keywords
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Looking at Answer Main Window, you can have highlighted words (different
color) in your answer, depending on subject. Using Left (to go left/up) and
Right (to go right/down) small Arrows of numeric keyboard, you can navigate
these keywords. Press the RETURN or IMMISSION or ENTER keyto enter another
Answer Window (navigation like Hyper Text) up to 30 windows in depth. ESC key
let you come back to previous one.
That's all to start using NLH.