Section A:
Introduction to HyperWag
Congratulations! You are now the proud owner of HyperWAG, the world's fastest and easiest Week-At-a-Glance schedule organizer. This part of the manual covers the basic operation of HyperWAG, including creating new schedule files, edititng appointments, and viewing the schedule in HTML or text format.
1. How HyperWAG works
HyperWAG uses an intuitive menu interface to create, edit, view
and save your schedules. To start from scratch and create a new
schedule, simply type
hyperwag
at the command line and you will enter the main menu.
Alternatively, if you want to start with a previously created
file, you can type
hyperwag filename.wag
at the command line, where filename.wag is the name of
the saved file. This will take you directly to the Edit menu,
which is explained below.
2. Creating a new
schedule
To create a new schedule from scratch, press 1
at the Main menu. This will take you to the Edit menu, where all
of the schedule editing actually takes place. Since you are
creating a new schedule, you will be prompted to add a new
appointment.
First, type the letters corresponding to each day of the week when you have the same appointment ([S]unday, [M]onday, [T]uesday, [W]ednesday, t[H]ursday, [F]riday, and s[A]turday).
Next, type in the time when the appointment starts and ends, using 24-hour (military) format (for instance, 7:00, 13:30, or 20:45). Note that each appointment must start and end either on the hour, half-hour, or quarter-hour.
Finally, select a descriptive title (up to 64 characters, including spaces) for the appointment.
You will then be asked if you want to use a custom the font, color, or hyperlink for the appointment. If so, press Y and you will be prompted for this information. If the appointment is complete, press N.
You may now continue to add more appointments by pressing Y or finish the schedule and return to the main menu by pressing N.
3. Editing an existing
schedule
To edit the schedule you currently have open, press 2
at the Main menu to jump to the Edit menu. This is where you will
start if you entered the name of a file at the command line. You
will be presented with options to add new appointments, edit
existing appointments, or delete appointments.
Adding new appointments works the same way as explained above. Simply press 1 to start adding appointments.
To edit an existing appointment, press 2, then type the number that appears next to the appointment you want to edit, and you will be taken through the same steps as above.
To delete an appointment, press 3, then type the number that appears next to the appointment you want to delete.
If you want to customize the appearance of the HTML table, press 4, and you will be presented with a series of menus that allow you to customize options such as background and foreground color, cell padding and spacing, and border width.
To return to the Main menu, press 5.
4. Saving a schedule
to disk
To edit the schedule you currently have open, press 3
at the Main menu. Type the name of the file you want to save to
and press enter. The filename should end in .wag; if you do not
type an extension, it will be added automatically.
5. Viewing a formatted
schedule
To view the schedule you currently have open, you must
first generate an HTML file by pressing 4 at the
Main menu. This will save your schedule in HTML format as
filename.html, where filename is the name of the original
schedule file. You can then open this file in your web browser to
view the hypertable, including any customized fonts and
hyperlinks you have included.