On Mon, May 2, 2022 at 6:38 PM Thomas Breuer <s...@math.rwth-aachen.de> wrote:
>
> Dear Hongyi,
>
> you wrote
>
> > 1. I try to query the built-in help with the following command, but
> > obtained so many entries I don't know how to choose from:
> >
> > gap> ?Comm
> > Choose an entry to view, 'q' for none (or use ?<nr> later):
> >
> > │
> > │[1] Guarana (not loaded): Comm
> >
> > │
> > │[2] Utils: Comm
> >
> > │
> > │[3] ANUPQ (not loaded): Commands from the Main p-Quotient menu
> > [...]
>
> In this situation, the GAP help system uses a pager
> that is apparently not as intuitive as it was intended.
> One entry is selected,
> you can move the selection up/down in the list of choices
> via the up/down arrow keys,
> and you can show the help for the selected entry by hitting the <Return> key.
> Entering 'q' takes you back to the GAP prompt.
>
> > 2. I also tried with the same method to check the following two commands:
> >
> > gap> ?quit
> > gap> ?QUIT
> >
> > Gap gives exactly the same document for them:
> >
> > > `quit'{quit}
> > This closes all windows and just brings you back to the GAP
> > window. In a new start of ITC all switches will be set to their
> > default values.
> > The group that you had handled will still be available as a GAP object.
>
> This is a bit surprising.
> The text in question belongs to the help about 'quit'
> from the GAP package ITC;
> the list of choices should contain also entries for 'quit'
> from the GAP Tutorial and for 'QUIT' from the Reference Manual.
I rechecked as follows, but still can't see the stuff you mentioned above:
gap> ??quit
Choose an entry to view, 'q' for none (or use ?<nr> later): │
│[1] ITC (not loaded): quit │
│[2] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit!introduction │
│[3] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit!details │
│[4] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit │
│[5] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuitAll │
│[6] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuit │
│[7] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuit for default process │
│[8] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuitAll │
│[9] Browse: BrowseData.actions.QuitMode │
│[10] Browse: BrowseData.actions.QuitTable │
│[11] fwtree (not loaded): Obliquity │
│[12] fwtree (not loaded): HasObliquityZero │
│[13] fwtree (not loaded): GroupsByRankWidthObliquity
gap> ??QUIT
Choose an entry to view, 'q' for none (or use ?<nr> later): │
│[1] ITC (not loaded): quit │
│[2] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit!introduction │
│[3] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit!details │
│[4] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuit │
│[5] ACE (not loaded): ACEQuitAll │
│[6] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuit │
│[7] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuit for default process │
│[8] ANUPQ (not loaded): PqQuitAll │
│[9] Browse: BrowseData.actions.QuitMode │
│[10] Browse: BrowseData.actions.QuitTable │
│[11] fwtree (not loaded): Obliquity │
│[12] fwtree (not loaded): HasObliquityZero │
│[13] fwtree (not loaded): GroupsByRankWidthObliquity │
│
> All the best
> Thomas
Yours,
Hongsheng
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