Guide to Documentation Files

 
The Euphoria documentation is spread over several plain text files in the euphoria\doc directory. For each .doc file in the euphoria\doc directory, there is a corresponding .htm file in the euphoria\html directory. You can also type guru to quickly search for relevant information from all directories under \euphoria.

Everyone should start with euphoria\readme.doc (euphoria\readme.htm).

If you are having trouble installing Euphoria read:

install.doc - Instructions for installing Euphoria

Read the following files first, if you want to learn to program in Euphoria:

refman.doc - The manual for the Euphoria core language
library.doc - Documentation for all of the Euphoria library routines
what2do.doc - Some things you can do to get started with Euphoria
platform.doc - A discussion of the differences between the three platforms that Euphoria runs on, i.e. DOS32 (ex.exe) vs. WIN32 (exw.exe) vs. Linux (exu).

The rest of the files can be read any time, as needed:

ed.doc - Documentation for the standard Euphoria editor, ed
trouble.doc - A list of the most common problems and their solutions
bind.doc - Describes bind.bat and shroud.bat options for binding and shrouding
perform.doc - Performance tips
web.doc - A list of Euphoria resources available on the World Wide Web
relnotes.doc - A description of what's new in the current release and a summary of previous releases of Euphoria
basic.doc - Propaganda aimed at BASIC programmers
c.doc - Propaganda aimed at C/C++ programmers

Most subdirectories under \euphoria have a .doc file that describes the files in that subdirectory. The euphoria\register subdirectory contains register.doc. Read it when you are thinking of registering.