There are 2 help systems in XRouter, a concise one for “user” commands, and a more detailed “manual” for sysops (which will be covered on the next page).

Typing HELP (or just H) produces the following response:

Let's look at the “?” command first. This can be used in several ways..

By itself, the “?” command lists the basic commands, and displays further options as follows:

Using “? *” displays the list of commands (in this case the “user” commands):

Entering “? **” displays the commands with a brief explanation. Unfortunately this was too long for the snapshot…

Using “?” followed by a command name (e.g. “? ANSI”) gives the syntax for that command..

In many cases, using the “?” AFTER the command name also displays syntax help:

When too few arguments are supplied to a command, XRouter automatically displays the syntax for the command. Naturally this only works for commands which expect more than one argument.

“H *” displays all the available help topics….

The list of topics can be restricted using wildcards, e.g. “H A*” lists all the topics begining with “A”…

If you make a mistake, e.g. you type “H nides” instead of “H Nodes”, XRouter suggests possible topics:

(to be continued)