                     Welcome to the APL Special Edition!

This file contains instructions on how to load the APLSE files on your 
computer and how to print out the documentation for using APL.  You can 
print this file without special instructions.  

This product, the APL Special Edition, is freeware.  You may use it without
charge, copy it, give it to another person, place it on an electronic 
bulletin board system, or distribute it in other ways without requiring
payment from the recipients.  Manugistics, Inc., provider of commercial APL 
products for a variety of platforms, is making this APL Special Edition 
available to introduce the power of APL and the joys of using this extremely
powerful programming language to people who might otherwise never see APL.

Although this product does not have all the features of the newest commercial
versions of APL, it is a fully functioning system; it has not been "crippled" 
in any way.  You can do real programming with this system.    

This product is accompanied by some documentation to get you started.  You 
can learn more about APL from a number of sources.  Manugistics does not 
provide support for this system, since it is being provided free, but you 
may direct comments about this system or about APL to us electronically at:
             
             answer@manu.com

APL User Groups or a special interest group that wishes to promote the use  
of APL may distribute this system and provide follow-up to new users.  We
invite you to place a contact name and address at the end of this file.

         INSTRUCTIONS FOR INSTALLING THIS SYSTEM AND GETTING STARTED

1)  Copy the files from the APLSE disk onto your hard disk.  We will assume
    that you use the directory:  C:\APLSE  
     
2)  Run the command: aplfont
    
    You must run this command every time you start APLSE.  You can put the
    command in your AUTOEXEC.BAT file, so that it is run automatically when
    you start your computer.

3)  Run the command: aplprint  
    You must do this step and steps 5 and 6 each time you want to print 
    from APLSE.

4)  Start APLSE by running the command: aplse

5)  You are now in an APL session.  Load the PRINTERS workspace by typing 
    the command: )LOAD printers  

6)  Run the function SELECT by typing the name SELECT and pressing Enter.  
    Function names are case sensitive in APL, so you must use uppercase.
    Select the appropriate choice for your printer and press Enter.

    Note:  You can make this process automatic by following the instructions
    in the PRINTERS workspace to make this part of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

7)  Load the INITIAL workspace by typing the command: )LOAD initial

8)  For each chapter you want to print, run the command:
     10 []ARBIN varname

    where [] is the "quad" symbol you get by pressing ALT+L, and varname
    is the name of a chapter.  Chapters are named SE_CH01, SE_CH02, etc.
    through SE_CH06.

    You can get a list of the chapters and their contents by running the
    command SUMMARY in the INITIAL workspace.

    If you print out only chapters 1 and 2, you can get started using APL.

    Printing notes:  With some laser printers, you may want to catenate a
    Form Feed character to force the last page, so your statement looks like:
     10 []ARBIN SE_CH01,[]tcff
    
    If you are printing across a network you may have to exit APL before the
    print job will run; alternatively, you can try the following statement:
    23817 []INT 33

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