Help menu

### 2.4.4 Help menu

The Help menu contains commands that let you get information about Xcas from various sources. This menu contains the following entries:

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