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                                 README_USR
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This file describes how to create a basic user's manual using a set of 
templates.  It is the least mature of the document templates.  Parts of
it, such as a table of input and output values, should be generated 
automatically by processing annoted namelists or resource files with an 
auto-documentation tool.  (We still need the tool.)

A user's manual includes the parts shown in the table below.  Brackets []
indicate that a part is optional.  In the filenames, "comp" refers to the 
component or library that the whole user's manual or user's manual chapter
describes.  

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Part		Template File	    Description
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document	<comp>_usrdoc.tex   Document shell with software release number
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To create a new user's guide, fill in the template file.  In 
<comp>_usrdoc.tex, be sure to comment out the \input of any files you aren't 
including and specify the \input filenames of files that you are including.

Build a dvi file from LaTeX documents:

	do_latex <comp> usr

Produce an html version of the documentation:

	do_l2h <comp> usr

The html files are placed in a directory called <comp>_usrdoc.

The dvipdf tool can be used to produce a pdf:

	dvipdf <comp>_usrdoc.dvi

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C. DeLuca (cdeluca@ucar.edu)                                      March 13, 2000