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author: Eric Mandel
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author_organization: Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
node_expert: eric@cfa.harvard.edu
expiration_date: 12/31/93
last_modifier: Eric Mandel
last_mod_date: 11/1/92
mod_num: 1
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@b<This window will tell you how to put your favorite tasks in the top of the ASSIST tree.>

You can specify tasks that will appear in the top-level ASSIST tree by
placing the task names in a file called @b<user.tasks> in their
@b<uparm> directory.  When one of these task entries in the
top-level graph is clicked with the @b<left> mouse button, the
necessary packages are loaded and the task parameter editor is brought
up.  This allows oft-used tasks to be accessed without you having
to load all of the necessary packages manually.

If a task name is specified in the user.tasks which resolves into more
than one IRAF task (because two or more packages have the same task
name in them), then all possible tasks are entered into the top-level
tree.  For example, the imcalc task is found in both xray.ximages and
stsdas.tools.  One can specify a particular instance of this task by
prepending the package name.  Thus, in the given case, one can specify
"ximages.imcalc" or "tools.imcalc".

For example, the following user.tasks file:

	# example of a user.tasks file @break
	ximage.imcalc @break
	tprint @break
	display @break
	# you can add packages to the top graph @break
	xspatial

will result in four tasks (ximages.imcalc, tables.tprint,
ttools.tprint, tv.display) and one package (xspatial) being added to
the top-level graph.