Tutorials

So the facilities summarised in the introduction sound appealing. Now you want to know how to access them, but the thick manual looks daunting. Actually, most of this manual comprises descriptions of each application. The best way to learn the basics is to try some example sessions.

Login to a colour workstation or X-terminal. Then enter the commands following the prompts shown below. The % is the shell prompt string, which you don't type. As we go along there will be commentary explaining what is happening and why. Let's begin.