[301,053]  MIAMI 81		HLP - CONVERTS DEC'S HELP (PART OF HELLO)
				INTO FORTRAN-CALLABLE SUBROUTINE

Base level:	Version JN3.2B		Date:	07-MAY-81	
Patch level:	None			Date:

Submitted by:	Jim Neeland
		Hughes Research Labs
		3011 Malibu Canyon Rd.
		Malibu, CA	90265
		phone: (213) 456-6411

Description:	A SLP file to convert DEC's copyrighted HELLO distributed
source into a FORTRAN-callable subroutine to read and display standard-formatted
.HLP files (see MCR OPERATIONS MANUAL under HELLO for format, or read comments
in MACRO source code.)  Also included are a sample/test FORTRAN program, along
with a little utility subroutine to cancel control-O's (in case terminal was
attached by main program).
	Note: This SLP file also incorporates Jim Downward's HELP file enhance-
ment to provide text output when there has been no keyword match.  Format is:
# alone in column 1, followed on succeeding lines by desired text.  See sample
TEST.HLP file.


System reqts:	Approx. 1K words for the subroutine.

Documentation:	DEC's source comments, plus well-commented SLP input.  Note
that the SLP input has explicit audit comments, rather than inserted by SLP.
This is to allow 'audit' information in column 72-80, which cannot be done by
SLP when existing lines have information beyond 72.  This is a bug in SLP which
has been fixed but for which the patch has not been published.

Status:		More or less finished product.  The resulting subroutine
has been incorporated into a major program, thus eliminating large amounts
of HELP information in the form of FORMAT statements.

Desired enhancements:	None I can think of at the moment.

Support:	The author welcomes comments & suggestions, but does not
guarantee to fix anything.
