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^^HELPER.DOC -- C\\HANGES FROM VERSION 4 TO 5
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^OCTOBER, 1973
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^COPYRIGHT 1973, ^DIGITAL ^EQUIPMENT ^CORP., ^MAYNARD, ^MASS.
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1.0##^^SUMMARY\\
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1.1	^THIS RELEASE EXTENDS ^^HELPER\\ TO LOOK AT DEVICE
^^HLP\\:, TO READ SEQUENCE NUMBERED FILES, AND TO IMPROVE
ITS ERROR MESSAGES.  ^IT ALSO ADDS AN ENTRY POINT
SO THAT IT CAN BE INVOKED FROM ^^FORTRAN\\-10 AND ^^COBOL\\
PROGRAMS.
^^HELPER\\ VERSION 5 CORRECTS ALL ^^SPR\\S RECEIVED
THROUGH ^OCTOBER 10, 1973 (10-11567).
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1.2	^^HELPER\\ VERSION 5 RUNS ON ALL MONITORS.
^IT HAS BEEN TESTED ON 5.06. ^THERE ARE NO KNOWN DEFICIENCIES.
^THIS VERSION FULLY SUPPORTS THE ^^DATE75\\ PROJECT.
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1.3	^^HELPER\\ VERSION 5 IS DOCUMENTED IN A
PROGRAM SPECIFICATION IN THE ^SOFTWARE ^NOTEBOOKS.

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2.0	^^CHANGES\\
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36	(^^SPR\\ 10-9713) ^HANDLE SEQUENCED FILES.  ^ALSO
ADD AN ERROR MESSAGE IN CASE OF ^I/^O ERRORS.  ^THIS MESSAGE
IS "^^%HLRIOE#I/O ERROR READING HELP FILE; I'M SORRY,
I CAN'T HELP YOU\\".
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37	(^^SPR\\ 10-11567) ^LOOK ON DEVICE ^^HLP\\: BEFORE
LOOKING ON ^^SYS\\:.  ^THIS ALLOWS ALL HELP FILES TO BE
REMOVED FROM ^^SYS\\: WHICH SHOULD SPEED UP ^^LOOKUP\\S.
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40	^ADD AN ALTERNATE ENTRY POINT "^^HELPER\\" WHICH
CAN BE CALLED FROM ^^FORTRAN\\-10 OR FROM ^^COBOL\\
WITH ONE ARGUMENT, THE NAME OF THE PROGRAM IN ^^SIXBIT\\.
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41	^IMPROVE THE ERROR MESSAGE ISSUED WHEN THE HELP FILE
CAN NOT BE FOUND.  ^IT NOW READS "^^%HLRNHF NO HELP FILE
ON SYS:; I'M SORRY, I CAN'T HELP YOU\\".
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3.0	^^KNOWN BUGS AND DEFICIENCIES\\
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	^NONE.
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4.0	^^CHANGES IN INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS\\
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	^NONE.
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5.0	^^SUGGESTIONS\\
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	^NONE.
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[^END OF ^^HELPER.DOC\\]