The Help menu contains commands that let you get information
about Xcas from various sources. This menu contains the
following entries:
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Index
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This brings up the help index (see Section 2.3.3).
- Find word in HTML help
- (F12) —
This brings up a page which helps you search for keywords in
the html documentation that came with Xcas (see
Section 2.3.2). The help will be displayed in your browser.
- Interface
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This brings up a tutorial for the Xcas interface. The
tutorial will be displayed in your browser.
- Reference card, fiches
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This brings up a pdf reference card for
Xcas. The card will be displayed in your browser.
- Manuals
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This allows you to choose from a variety of manuals for Xcas,
which will appear in your browser.
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CAS reference
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This brings up the manual for Xcas.
- Algorithmes (HTML)
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This brings up a manual for the algorithms used by Xcas.
- Algorithmes (PDF)
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This brings up a pdf version of the manual for the algorithms
used by Xcas.
- Geometry
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This brings up a manual for 2D geometry in
Xcas.
- Programmation
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This brings up a manual for programming in Xcas.
- Simulation
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This brings up a manual for statistics and using the
Xcas spreadsheet.
- Turtle
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This brings up a manual for using the Turtle drawing
screen in Xcas.
- Exercices
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This brings up a page of exercises that you can do with
Xcas.
- Amusement
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This brings up a page of mathematical amusements that you can
work through with Xcas.
- PARI-GP
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This brings up documentation for the GP/PARI functions.
- Internet
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The Internet menu contains menu items that take you to
various web pages related to Xcas. Among them are the
following entries:
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Forum
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This takes you to the Xcas forum.
- Update help
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This installs updated help files (retrieved from the
Xcas website).
There are also several menu items that take you to Xcas related pages written
in French; namely:
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Aide-memoire lycee
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This takes you to a paper discussing Xcas and high
school.
- Documents pedagogiques lycee
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This takes you to a page on the Xcas website with a
list of useful links.
- Documents algorithmique
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This takes you to a page on the Xcas website with a
list of links.
- Site Lycee de G. Connan
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This takes you to a page about a free book written by
Guillaume Connan teaching algorithms to high school students.
- Site Lycee de L. Briel
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This takes you to a website about Xcas for high
school students.
- Calcul formel au lycee, par D. Chevallair
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This takes you to a pdf file discussing the use of
Xcas in high school.
- Site de F. Han
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This takes you to a website by Frederic Han about
Xcas and a QT frontent for giac.
- Ressources Capes
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This takes you to a website with various external sources.
- Ressources Agregation externe
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This takes you to a collection of external resources.
- Ressources Agregation interne
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This takes you to a page on the Xcas website.
- Start with CAS
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This menu has the following entries:
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Tutorial
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This opens up the tutorial.
- Solutions
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This opens up the solutions to the exercises in the tutorial.
- Tutoriel algo
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This opens up a tutorial on algorithms and programming with
Xcas.
- Rebuild help cache
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This rebuilds the help index.
- About
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This displays a message window with information about Xcas.
- Examples
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This allows you to choose from a variety of example worksheets,
which will then be copied to your current directory and opened.