How can I find out about ...?

There are several sources of information about WAVE:

 
• If you have not used WAVE before, start by reading the WAVE  User's Guide (this book) and working through the tutorial examples it contains. If you need to use existing DB applications under WAVE's control, refer to the ECG Database Applications Guide. If you need to develop your own applications for use with WAVE, read the ECG Database Programmer's Guide. Printed copies of these guides may be purchased from MIT, or you may print your own copies on a PostScript printer by following the instructions in the `manuals.doc' file distributed with WAVE.

     

• The on-line version of the WAVE  User's Guide can be opened for browsing by clicking left on in WAVE's Help Topics window (this requires WAVE 6.0 or later, and Netscape 1.1 or later on the WAVE host). This guide may also be read with any Web browser independently of WAVE (point your browser to file:/usr/local/help/html/wug/wug.htm if you have installed WAVE 6.0 or later on your system, or to http://ecg.mit.edu/wug/wug.htm otherwise).
• Use XView  spot help for brief descriptions of WAVE's controls and other graphic elements. Point to any control and press the key (see ``How do I get spot help ...?'' if you don't have a key).
• Use WAVE's task-oriented on-line help to learn how to use WAVE as a tool for interactive data analysis, control of external programs, annotation editing, and other topics. Click left on in WAVE's main control panel to open the Help window, containing buttons for each topic. Click left on any of these buttons to open a help window for the associated topic. Within the help window, use the scroll bar to move through the topic, or click on button to obtain a printed copy of the entire topic.
• Select `About WAVE...' from the menu, or from the Help window, for a summary of new features in WAVE, a current list of known bugs, and instructions for printing a copy of the on-line manual, which includes the text of all of the other help topics. Click on to obtain a printed copy of the `What's new' topic.
• The man page for WAVE (wave(1)) contains a concise description of its command-line options, the environment variables and X resources it uses, and the WAVE menu file. (This information is also included in this Guide; the man page is intended as a compact reference. The man page for WAVE can be found in the ECG Database Applications Guide, or on-line by typing `man wave', or by using xman or tkman, etc.)
• For additional information on the WAVE menu file, see the comments in the default menu file distributed with WAVE and usually installed as `/usr/local/lib/wavemenu.def'.
• For information about the data formats supported by WAVE and the other DB applications, see annot(5), dbcal(5), header(5), and signal(5), in the ECG Database Applications Guide.