@b@cGeneral Help

Xldlas is a program for statistics. See File --> About and Help --> License
for more information about who wrote it, where to get the latest version,
etc. 

If you're a new user then you'll probably want to read through this section
and then try one or more of the tutorials (see Help --> Tutorials).

More information can always be found on the xldlas homepage:

	http://a42.com/~thor/xldlas


@bGetting Around

All user commands and routines are accessed via menus and buttons. For
details of what's available under each menu option, see the relevant help
entry.

There are some keyboard shortcuts (represented by underlined characters)
available, but not nearly as many as there should be (I'm working on it).

Most menu and button commands call up a window with a number of options and
a variable browser. If the relevant command can affect several variables at
once, then you can use the mouse to highlight as many variables as you wish. 

xldlas can create an annoyingly large number of windows depending on what
actions you are performing. It was designed not to overlap too much if it is
run on an X display with 1024x768 resolution with the full vertical space
available for window creation (the author uses the AfterStep window manager
with a vertical button bar, thereby providing the full 768 pixels of
vertical space for xldlas to gobble up).  


@bOther Required Software

For full usefulness, xldlas needs access to the following executables:

	gnuplot		Any version with at least x11 support
	tex		To process TeX format logs
	xdvi		To preview TeX format logs from within xldlas
	dvips		To print TeX format logs from within xldlas.
	epsf.tex    	Plain TeX macros to handle PostScript images.
	pictex.tex   	Plain TeX macros to draw pictures with TeX


@bPreferences

All user configurable xldlas options are stored in a .xldlasrc file which is
created if it does not exist. Although this file can be manually edited, it
is safer to change values by hitting the preferences button from within
xldlas.
