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xwais automatically searches the CM documentation for information on your
topic. When the search is concluded, the titles of the relevant sections are listed
in the Resulting Documents field; the sections are rated according to how relevant
they are, with the most relevant receiving a score of 1000.
To view a document section, click on its title so that it is highlighted, then click
on View. The document section appears in a separate window. Click on Save to
File in this window to save the information to a file; click on Done to close the
window.
Several of the fields in the xwais window are not relevant to a search for on-line
documentation. Specifically, you do not need to use the Similar to: field, or the
Search, Add Source, Delete Source, Add Document, and Delete Document
buttons.
Click on Done when you are finished using xwais.
8.2.3 Viewing Release Notes and Bug-Update Files
t (I Thinldng Machines provides monthly bug-update files for each of its products;
these files contain information about newly reported, outstanding, and fixed bugs
for the product. It also provides on-line versions of the release notes for its
products.
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To view a bug-update file, choose Bug Updates from the Doc menu. A window
will appear, the files available at your site should be listed in the Bug Update
Files list in this window. Check with your system administrator if this list is
empty, or if the file you are interested in is missing (the files may have been
installed in a different location from that specified when Prism was installed).
To dispay a file, left-click on its name in the list, then click on OK. Or simply
double-click, rapidly, on the name. The file will appear in your default editor.
(Use the Customize utility to change this editor; see Section 9.3.2.)
The procedure for viewing release notes is the same. Choose Release Notes from
the Doc menu to display a window that contains a list of Release Note files. Click
on the filename, then click on OK to display the file in your default editor.
NOTE: Release notes on Prism itself are also available by selecting Release
Notes in the Help menu, as described in Section 8.1.2.
Version 1.2, March 1993
Copyright 0 1993 Thinking Machines Corporation