If at the DOS prompt, you typed FS, the screen would
                   display the following:

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FS -- Creates up to 128 files from single ASCII file using code below
(C) MaxThink 1987   44 Rincon, Kensington,  CA  94707  (415) 429-0104
Make new file           ==== <filename> description
Skip text               ==== skip
Append text             ==== write
usage:  fs input_filename  output_filename

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Comments           The first step in building a hypertext system is to
========           split your information into nodes.  I use the FS
                   (File Splitter) program to convert a large ASCII file
                   into numerous smaller files (or hypertext nodes).

How to split       For example, I'd first use my word processor <GALD> to
============       enter codes where I'd like each of the nodes to begin
                   and end.  I use four equals signs (====) to tell the
                   FS program what I want done.
                                                          (more)
Number of splits   Normally, I'd split a 150-page ASCII file into perhaps
================   500 smaller files by identifying the changes of topics
                   in the text.  At each split point (====), I add the file
                   name and description of the file.  SEE <FSI>, then <FSE>.

Time to split      Once I've marked my ASCII file, I run FS, which in a few
=============      seconds creates all the smaller files.  SEE <NODE1>.

Summary file       In addition, the FS program also creates a summary file
============       listing the name and description of each of my smaller
                   files.  This file loads into MAXTHINK or HOUDINI for
                   rapidly building my network that separates one file from
                   another.  SEE <LIST>.

                   Now the problems:

Critically read    Splitting is easy -- Just write a mental summary for
for split points   each topic.  When the mental summary changes, I enter
================   the split codes (====, filename, and description).

                   I also add at the beginning of each file a sentence
                   describing the context of the information such as:

                                                          (more)
File context       1)  Where did this information come from?
============       2)  Links to the files before and after it
                   3)  Dates and authorship of the file  - See <NODE3>.

Why abstract?      This information is essential to the users of your
=============      hypertext system because it provides an overview to the
                   information displayed.  Although it slows down the
                   critical reading and splitting process, this abstracting
                   greatly aids subsequent viewers of the file.  <HBAC>

References: ------------------------------------------
      FS, How to split the ASCII file           <FSO>
      FS, Example of the summary list           <LIST>