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1.1     ! root        1: .NH 1
        !             2: Automatic Workspace Loading
        !             3: .PP
        !             4: \*u \*a has the nice feature that
        !             5: you can automatically load a workspace file
        !             6: into the internal workspace when you start \*a.
        !             7: Instead of using the command:
        !             8: .sp
        !             9: $ apl   <or>    $ apl \-m
        !            10: .sp
        !            11: and then loading the workspace you want
        !            12: with the system command:
        !            13: .sp
        !            14:        )load workspace
        !            15: .sp
        !            16: you can say:
        !            17: .sp
        !            18: $ apl workspace    <or>     $ apl \-m workspace
        !            19: .sp
        !            20: \*a will be started,
        !            21: and will automatically look for
        !            22: and load the file ``workspace''.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: As an additional convenience,
        !            25: \*a will automatically load a file
        !            26: named ``continue'' if it exists.
        !            27: Thus,
        !            28: if you wish to use
        !            29: the file ``continue'' as your initial
        !            30: workspace,
        !            31: you need only type:
        !            32: .sp
        !            33: $ apl   <or>    $ apl \-m
        !            34: .sp
        !            35: .PP
        !            36: The system command ``)continue''
        !            37: facilitates use of this handy
        !            38: automatic loading feature,
        !            39: providing a convenient method of
        !            40: terminating an \*a session
        !            41: and restarting it at some later
        !            42: time with a minimum of effort.
        !            43: You may,
        !            44: for instance,
        !            45: end your \*a session with:
        !            46: .sp
        !            47:        )continue
        !            48: .sp
        !            49: which will save your workspace in a file
        !            50: named ``continue'' and terminate \*a.
        !            51: To resume your work at some later time,
        !            52: type the shell command:
        !            53: .sp
        !            54: $ apl  <or>    $ apl \-m
        !            55: .sp
        !            56: (Recall that if you don't have
        !            57: a file named ``continue''
        !            58: when you type this,
        !            59: \*a starts with ``clear ws''.)
        !            60: .NH 1
        !            61: Workspace Library
        !            62: .PP
        !            63: When you specify a workspace to be loaded,
        !            64: \*a will first look in your directory.
        !            65: If it finds the workspace,
        !            66: it will load it.
        !            67: If not,
        !            68: it will look in the library directory:
        !            69: /usr/lib/apl.
        !            70: Thus,
        !            71: if you do not have a file named ``news''
        !            72: and you type:
        !            73: .sp
        !            74: $ apl news
        !            75: .sp
        !            76: \*a will be started,
        !            77: will see that you don't have
        !            78: a ``news'' file,
        !            79: and will print:
        !            80: .sp
        !            81: [using /usr/lib/apl/news]
        !            82: .sp
        !            83: Equivalently,
        !            84: if you are in \*a and you type:
        !            85: .sp
        !            86:        )load news      <or>    )copy news
        !            87: .sp
        !            88: you will get the library file
        !            89: if you don't have a file named ``news''.
        !            90: If the workspace you specify
        !            91: does not exist in either your
        !            92: directory or in /usr/lib/apl,
        !            93: an error message will be printed.

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