# Documentation

> [HTML Version](documentation2.htm)

**Using This Document**

The author of this help file says:

●	Click on the little folder next to the topic name in the table of contents; this will expand/contract the listing of items under that heading.

●	Use the _Index_ and _Search_ functions to quickly find topics of interest.

●	To copy the URL of the current page, copy it from (a) the address bar, or (b) click on "More" at the top right and then  "Save Permalink URL."

●	Use "Previous" and "Next" buttons on the toolbar to go forward and backward through document. The browser's "back" button takes you to the page you last viewed, _not_ to the previous page of the document. 

●	To locate your position in a document after using search or index or links, click on the left-most button above the table of contents and then look for the highlight. It may be necessary to scroll up/down through the table of contents.

**Available Docs**

All published documentation for A-Shell and related topics are listed at the MicroSabio website on the [download...documents page](http://microsabio.com/documents/). If that page doesn't answer your questions about what docs are available, or if you need historical docs or docs in unlisted formats, [contact MicroSabio](http://www.microsabio.com/contact.html#_blank) with your concerns.

Developer documentation—i.e., for more recent versions of A-Shell than have been formally released—may be available from other locations, which will be noted on the documents page.

**Other Tips**

●	You can drag the border between the table of contents and the documentation body to create more room for one side or the other.

**Updates**

The A-Shell documentation is kept very up to date. Jack meticulously documents every change/addition/improvement to A-Shell, writes the text version of ashdevnotes, and posts it with new versions of the software. You can always find the up-to-the-second release notes with the latest versions of A-Shell. 

Usually within hours but no more than a day or two, Ty converts the text version of ashdevnotes into an HTML version, and posts it in the same place. All the new or changed material from ashdevnotes is incorporated immediately into the applicable manual(s) of the main A-Shell doc set, and those docs are immediately published and available. The primary A-Shell documentation, the A-Shell Reference, is normally updated no less than once a month.

To read the latest versions of any A-Shell documentation, simply go to the [download...documents page](http://microsabio.com/documents/) and click on the doc that interests you.

**Feedback**

Just as A-Shell itself is a work in progress, so the documentation is constantly being tweaked, twiddled and improved. Ty works on the docs more or less continuously, and enthusiastically welcomes feedback of all types, particularly:

●	identification of language mistakes (typos, misspellinggs, bad sentences, missing words, etc.)

●	identification of "real" mistakes, namely saying something that isn't true 

●	suggestions for better explanations 

●	suggestions for index entries

If you have any comments, ideas, suggestions or other kinds of feedback, please post them in the "All Other A-Shell Topics" at the [A-Shell forum](http://www.microsabio.net/ubb2/ultimatebb.cgi#_blank) or [email them to us](http://www.microsabio.com/contact.html#_blank).

**Documentation History**

Prior to 2002, A-Shell documentation was published in PDF format. In 2002, a new documentation system and format was adopted, and version numbers for the documentation—as well as printed manuals—were abandoned. Between 2002 and 2010, documentation was published in the CHM format, with PDF and DOC (MS Word) files available on request. Since 2010, all A-Shell documentation has been online in an HTML-based format called "WebHelp." Other formats such as PDF, Word, Markdown and others may be available on request.