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authorJoe Hunkeler <jhunkeler@gmail.com>2015-08-11 16:51:37 -0400
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+The HELP package -- online documentation utilties. This directory contains
+the source and documtation for the HELP utility. The subdirectory lroff
+contains the source for the Lroff text formatter, called by HELP to format
+help blocks.
+
+Jul84 Added the help database facility, i.e., pre-compilation of the help
+ directories to produce a binary database. Numerous other improvements.
+ See the revs file for additional details.
+
+Note: The TASK declaration for HELP is in pkg$system/system.cl.
+ The TASK declarations for MKHELPDB and HDBEXAMINE are in the softools
+ package, file pkg$softools/softools.cl.