vipsi - about this guide
Author: kio@little-bat.de
Keywords: vipsi shell script interpreter programming

# vipsi - shell and script language

## introduction

### about this guide

this guide is intended as an introduction to vipsi for both, end users and project team members.

as i'm not a native english writer please be tolerant to my syntax and spelling. you may send me your corrected pages if you like.

#### help on navigation

use the navigation bar to the left to browse the documentation. list items with a triangle can be collapsed and expanded if you click on the triangle. if there is no navigation bar then enable JavaScript in your browser and reload this page or click here. this is a programmer's project and this documentation requires JavaScript.

#### what's new in this edition

the documentation was updated to version 0.7.0 on 2003-08-14.

#### style conventions

this manual makes use of css, but even if your browser does not support css, most will still apply to it.

normal text should be in plain non-serif letters. (ok, you can override this, do so if you like. but don't blame me...)

code samples are in a teletype-like font and colored blue: `this is the font for codesamples`. note also, that most code samples are preformatted and separeted from the remainding text in an own paragraph. the exact spacing between this paragraph and the others depends on your browser:

    proc fak(n) { if n>1 return n*fak(n-1) else return 1 then }

if a code sample shows some user input, this is printed bold:

    vipsi> 4701+9      = 4710

if file, function or other names are referenced, they are frequently written in italic letters; e.g.: "the word words lists all known words".

links are underlined. no example given here. find one on your own ;-)