(mgp-users 00156) Re: Newbie question: getting going

[Stephen Cornell <cornell@zoo.cam.ac.uk>]

On Wed, 9 Jun 1999 sen_ml@eccosys.com wrote:

> At around Wed, 9 Jun 1999 09:00:46 +0900,
>  Rich Shepard <rshepard@appl-ecosys.com> may have mentioned:
> 
> > I just downloaded, built and installed MagicPoint. I want to use it as my
> > business presentation software. However, I cannot figure out how to get
> > started!
> > 
> > I cannot find any docs or tutorial and would really like a pointer to where
> > to read to get going.
> 
> i found going through the sample presentations in sample/ to be pretty
> helpful -- both viewing the presentation files as presentations
> (e.g. mgp sample.mgp) and looking at the source for the presentations.
> 
> following the presentation sample/sample.mgp is kind of an intro/tutorial.
> 
> hope this helps a bit.
> 

Also, the file SYNTAX contains a complete description of the commands.

--
Stephen Cornell          cornell@zoo.cam.ac.uk         Tel/fax +44-1223-336644
University of Cambridge, Zoology Department, Downing Street, CAMBRIDGE CB2 3EJ