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How to Create a Package Command Help Page

 

Template Instructions

Help Page Template Sections

Template Instructions

  

To create a Package Command help page using the template:

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Enter ?examples/PackageCommandTemplate at the Maple prompt or click the following hyperlink: Package Command help page template.

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Save the worksheet with an appropriate name.

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Replace <Package_Name> with the name of the package; <Command_Name> with the name of the package command; and <one line description of the command> with a brief description of the command.  Remove the angle brackets (< >) surrounding each field.

Help Page Template Sections

Calling Sequence

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Use the format specified for the calling sequences. Replace <Command_Name>, <param1>, and <param2> with the appropriate name and parameters for your command.

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Use one calling sequence per distinct general calling sequence. Add more calling sequences if required.

Parameters

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Sort parameters to match order in which they appear as you read calling sequences.

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Replace param1, <data type>, and <parameter description> with your information.

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If a parameter is optional, add it to the Options section as well as to the list of named options in the following section.

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If optional equations (options) can be specified, use the following format.

Options

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Sort options in alphabetical order.

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Replace option1, <data type>, and <option description> with your information.

Description

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Use one or more of the following structures for the first bullets in the description.  This will describe the functionality of the command.

  

OR

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If optional equations (options) can be specified, use the following format.

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Include the following statement as one of the last points in the description section, with the appropriate information filled in.

  

This command is part of the <Package_Name> package, so it can be used in the form <Command_Name>(..) only after executing the command with(<Package_Name>).  However, it can always be accessed through the long form of the command by using <Package_Name>[<Command_Name>](..).

Examples

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The first command should be the with(<Package_Name>) command.

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Include both simple and complicated examples. Include examples of optional parameters or multiple calling sequences when applicable.

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If you will be saving your help page in .mws format, you must use 1-D math to enter your examples.  If you will be saving the help page in .mw format, you can choose 1-D math, 2-D math, or a mixture of input forms.

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Add comments for each example.

See Also

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List help page hyperlinks in alphabetical order separated by commas. For more information, see worksheet/managing/linking and worksheet/documenting/hyperlinkeditor.

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The package name is usually in this list, for ease of navigation.

See Also

examples/PackageCommandTemplate

Templates

UsingPackages

worksheet/documenting/hyperlinkeditor

worksheet/managing/linking

 


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