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Order of Directives

The directives must appear in the following order:

  1. *T: (Title) must occur before any *YH: entries.
  2. *YW: (Window size) must occur before any other entries except *T:.
  3. *YD: (Window format definition) must occur before any *YF: , *YV: entries.
  4. *YK: (Keys help vector) must occur before any *YV: entries.
  5. *YV: (Vector table) must occur before any *YI:, *Y*: or *YH: entries.
  6. *YI: (Index entry) must occur before any *YH: entries.
  7. *Y*: (Index display-only entry) must occur before any *YH: entries.
  8. *YH: (Label entry) must occur after all *T:, *YV:, *YI:, *Y*: entries.
  9. F: (Window format) must occur after all *T:, *YD:, *YK:, *YV:, *YI:, and *Y*: entries.

The overall structure of a help text document is thus: