NAME

       helpmidas - Standalone GUI help for MIDAS.

SYNOPSIS

       helpmidas
       [ -h midashome ] [ -r midvers ]
       [ -d display ] [ -m mid_work ]

DESCRIPTION

       helpmidas starts a standalone GUI help for MIDAS.

       Without  arguments,  helpmidas  initiates  a  MIDAS help session with default definitions.
       Some of these definitions can be modified with arguments in the command line of  helpmidas
       or  by  environment  variables. Arguments in the command line are taken with preference to
       environment variables.

OPTIONS

       helpmidas has been configured by the operator at installation time  to  start  the  binary
       XHelp.exe  located  in  $MIDASHOME0/$MIDVERS0/gui/execdirectory (defined internally in the
       script).  However alternative releases can be specified using the:

       -h midashome
              Home directory for MIDAS. Absolute pathname containing, at least,  one  release  of
              MIDAS. It may also contain subdirectories for demo and calibration data.

       -r midvers
              Release of MIDAS to be executed. It must be a subdirectory under midashome.

       -d display
              Specifies  another  X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows ( NOTE: be
              aware of allowed access to a remote X server using the xhost(1) command.)

       -m mid_work
              Specifies the MIDAS startup  directory  (default:  $HOME/midwork).  This  GUI  will
              create  this  directory  if  it  does  not exist and uses in to keep some temporary
              files.

ENVIRONMENT

       helpmidas can also use  the  following  definitions  in  the  environment  with  the  same
       performance as previous described arguments.

       MIDASHOME
              Home directory for MIDAS.

       MIDVERS
              Release of MIDAS.

       DISPLAY
              X server for the display and graphical MIDAS windows.

       MID_WORK
              Startup directory for MIDAS.

SEE ALSO

       inmidas(1),gomidas(1)