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.\" @(#)helpmidas.l 19.1 (ESO-IPG) 02/25/03 14:32:14
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.\" Copyright (c) 1989 European Southern Observatory.
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.\" All rights reserved.
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.TH helpmidas 1L "07 July 1993" MIDAS
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helpmidas \- Standalone GUI help for MIDAS.
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starts a standalone GUI help for MIDAS.
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initiates a MIDAS help session with default definitions.
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Some of these definitions can be modified with arguments in the command line of
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or by environment variables. Arguments in the command
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line are taken with preference to environment variables.
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has been configured by the operator at installation time to start the binary
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.IR $MIDASHOME0/$MIDVERS0/gui/exec directory
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(defined internally in the script).
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However alternative releases can be specified using the:
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.IP "\fB-h\fp \fImidashome\fp"
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Home directory for MIDAS. Absolute pathname containing, at least, one release
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of MIDAS. It may also contain subdirectories for demo and calibration data.
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.IP "\fB-r\fp \fImidvers\fp"
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Release of MIDAS to be executed. It must be a subdirectory under
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.IP "\fB-d\fp \fIdisplay\fp"
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Specifies another X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows (
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be aware of allowed access to a remote X server using the
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.IP "\fB-m\fp \fImid_work\fp"
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Specifies the MIDAS startup directory (default: $HOME/midwork). This GUI
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will create this directory if it does not exist and uses in to keep some
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can also use the following definitions in
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the environment with the same performance as previous described arguments.
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Home directory for MIDAS.
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X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows.
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Startup directory for MIDAS.
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.IR inmidas(1L),gomidas(1L)