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- <title>Desktop Help System
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- <image><term nogloss|Common Desktop Environment 1.0|
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- <abstract>Help for using the Common Desktop Environment Help System
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- The topic To Browse Desktop Help in the Tasks module contains
- link to the <otherfront> element that follows; it provides a
- sample Help Manager help window.
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- <otherfront id=HelpManagerWindow><head>Help Manager Window with Help Families
- A help family includes one or more help volumes. You can select and view
- individual help volumes from Help Manager.
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- <figure nonumber entity=Help4HelpHelpManager>
- <\figure>
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- The Help Manager window contains an additional navigation button
- called Top Level. After browsing different help volumes,
- you can use Top Level to return to the Help Manager's main screen.
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- <procedure>See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref ToBrowseDesktopHelp>
- <\list>
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- The topic Using a Help Index in the tasks module contains a definition link to
- the <otherfront> element that follows; it gives examples of using
- regular expression characters.
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- <otherfront id=regexpressions><head>Regular Expression Pattern Search
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- <lablist nowrap><labheads> \Character \ Meaning
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- \&sigspace; . (period)\ Matches any character
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- \&sigspace; * (asterisk)\ Matches 0 or more of the preceding character
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- \&sigspace; ? (question mark)&sigspace;\ Matches 0 or 1 of the preceding character
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- \&sigspace; | (vertical bar) \ Specifies two search patterns and matches
- either pattern (logical OR)
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- \&sigspace; ( ) (parantheses) \ Encloses a pattern expression
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- <\lablist>
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- To search for a character that has special meaning in a regular
- expression precede the character with a \ (backslash).
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- <p>&sigspace;
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- <procedure>Examples
- This expression finds index entries that contain the word "mouse"
- followed by any number of characters followed by "clicking".
- <ex>
- mouse.*clicking
- <\ex>
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- This expression finds index entries that contain the
- word "mouse" or "click".
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- <ex>
- mouse | click
- <\ex>
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- This example finds index entries that contain "Session Manager" or "Style Manager".
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- <ex>
- (session | style).*manager
- <\ex>
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- <procedure>See Also
- <list bullet tight>
- * <xref Index-Search>
- * For more information about regular expressions, refer to the <computer>regexp(5)<\computer> man page
- <\list>
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