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				Amsterdam, 24-12-1992

Notice: 

	The document 'grass_doc.wp' which you can get
from this directory is a 40 page WordPerfect 5.1 text
document. It is a first concept for a yet-to-be-written
GRASS Beginner's Manual aimed at student-level Grass
users at the Faculty of Environmental Sciences of the
University of Amsterdam.
	The document therefore contains sections that are
particular to our local configuration (sections 2.1, 4.3,
5.4 and 5.5) and software (sections 4.2 and 5.3). You will 
also find that a hardware diagram (page 3) and an index
(page 34) are still missing.

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Request:

	We have made this document available to all Grass
users because we believe that the growth and success of
Grass in the public domain depends on the sharing of 
information and ideas between users and programmers. A
truly useful Beginner's Manual can only be written on the
basis of the present users' experience with Grass.
	We therefore invite you to help us in updating 
the text, by mailing your questions and criticism to:
		MARTIJN@SCANNER.FRW.UVA.NL
Also, we think Grass Beginners might benefit from the 
availability of a) a demo script taking the user through
the Spearfish and Global training data, b) a graphic
user interface built with the Vask library and allowing
the user to use scroll-down or pop-up menus to issue
commands.
	Please head all your messages with the Subject:
"Grass_doc update".
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