UW_TOOLS - software tools for GCOS-8.

The UW Tools package contains a large number of utility programs and other software written and maintained by Thinkage Ltd.

First time users may find the size of the package daunting, and may have trouble knowing where to start learning about it. The most important aid to understanding the package is the EXPLAIN command (usually abbreviated to EXPL). The simplest form of the command is just

expl

which explains the EXPL command itself. Explanations for many other topics can be obtained with commands of the form

expl TOPIC
expl TOPIC SUBTOPIC
expl TOPIC SUBTOPIC SUBSUBTOPIC

and so on. For example,

expl explain

describes the EXPLAIN command in full detail. New users should also try

expl explain intro
expl explain conventions

for an introduction to EXPLAIN and a discussion of notational conventions that are used in EXPL documentation.

Below we list a number of other commands that will provide useful information about the UW Tools package.

expl uw_tools intro: provides a brief description of all of the software in the UW Tools package.
expl uw_tools index: lists a number of topics related to the UW Tools package.