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5.2.3 Commands and Functions for Online Help
***** NOT YET UPDATED TO CoCoA-5: follow with care *****

The following are commands and functions for CoCoA online help:
Describe information about an expression
functions list the functions of a package
H.Browse browse the online help system
H.Commands list commands according to type
H.Man search online help system
H.OutCommands print command descriptions to a file
H.OutManual print the online manual to a file
H.Syntax display the syntax of a command
H.Toc display the Table Of Contents of the online manual
H.Tutorial run the CoCoA tutorial
Man search online help system
starting list functions starting with a given string


For details look up each item by name. Online, try ?ItemName or H.Syntax("ItemName") . A good place to start is with the command, ? , itself. To see more information about ? , enter ? ? (with a space between the two question marks)