Using Online Help
MOLMOL has extensive online help possibilities, all
available documentation is available online. There
is a help page for each command, available in both
text and HTML format. Most of the other documentation
is in HTML format. Use the HelpViewer command
for selecting whether you want to see the text or HTML
version of the command help pages, and to configure
which browser should be used for displaying HTML.
Command Help Pages
The online help page for commands can be displayed
in two different ways. The first way is to click the
Help button in the argument dialog
of the command. The second way is to execute the
HelpCmd command. This puts the program into
help mode (indicated by the prompt in front of the
command line), so that the next
command is not executed, but its help page is displayed
instead. The first method is more convenient, but only
works for commands that have arguments.
Finding Commands
If you are looking for a command, but do not know
its name and cannot locate it in the menu, the
HelpApropos command can be very useful.
It allows you to look for commands by a keyword,
and displays a list of all commands that contain
this keyword in their short description, including
their location in the menu and the short description.
Other Options
Explore the Help menu to find other useful options,
like displaying this manual and tutorial, or listing
available standard properties for
selection. The Register
command is also available from the Help menu, you are
encouraged to register if you use MOLMOL.
Last modified: Mon Jan 20 19:44:56 CST 2003
Reto Koradi, kor@mol.biol.ethz.ch