Currently XploRe runs under three Unix systems: Solaris 2.x (Sparc), HP-UX and Linux (PC).
After installing XploRe you just type in a shell
xplore
and XploRe will start.
XploRe pops up with two windows: the input window and the output window.
Note that sometimes the output window (XploRe_out) can be partially hidden by the input window. The first output you see here is that the startup.xpl was not loaded. If you are familiar with operating systems, you know that you can define startup files (.login under csh, .bashlogin under bash or AUTOEXEC.BAT under DOS) to perform certain tasks during the startup of the system. XploRe looks for startup.xpl as default and tells you if it does not find one. You do not need to worry about this warning. Later the output window will contain all numerical output.
The input window has a menu (Programs ... Help), the history window and at the bottom the commandline. In the command line you can type your XploRe commands and after pressing Enter or Return they will be executed. With the menu item Quit you can leave XploRe after you have confirmed that you really want to leave XploRe.
For detailed explanation of the user interface have a look to XploRe Help under the item The user interface and then Command window.
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