**CIGAL Reference Manual, Chapter 1 (Topics):General descriptions of different CIGAL topics**
===== Chapter 1 -- Contents=====
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Arithmetic|Arithmetic]]| Introduction to data manipulation|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Arrays|Arrays]]| Various tables controlling device dependent data values|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:ascii_codes|ASCII_Codes]]| Keyboard and mouse key codes used in CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:background|Background]]| Running CIGAL in background while running other software|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Begin|Begin]]| General introduction to using online help for CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:CIGAL|CIGAL]]| General overview of the CIGAL programming language|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Cmdgroups|Cmdgroups]]| |
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Colors|Colors]]|Color formats and conventions|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Commands|Commands]]| Introduction to CIGAL commands|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Compiler|Compiler]]| Compiling CIGAL macro programs|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Customize|Customize]]| How to create new commands|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Dataentry|Dataentry]]| Entering data into CIGAL variables|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Devices|Devices]]| Hardware devices supported by CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Editdata|Editdata]]| |
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Editgraph|Editgraph]]|Button functions|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Edithelp|Edithelp]]|Help editing|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Editscreen|Editscreen]]| |
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Egamode|Egamode]]|EGA graphics mode|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Filenames|Filenames]]| Specifying filenames in CIGAL|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Files|Files]]| Creating, reading, and writing disk files|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Funcmenu|Funcmenu]]| Using the function menu|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Functions|Functions]]| Introduction to CIGAL functions|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Graphics|Graphics]]| Introduction to CIGAL graphics features|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Graphmenu|Graphmenu]]| Using the graphics menu|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Imaging|Imaging]]| Introduction to CIGAL image processing features|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Install|Install]]| How to install CIGAL on your computer|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Internals|Internals]]| Summary list of internal variables|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Introduction|Introduction]]| Getting started in CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Keyboard|Keyboard]]| Using special characters on the terminal keyboard|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Macros|Macros]]| Introduction to CIGAL macro programming|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Makemenu|Makemenu]]|Creating a CIGAL Command Menu|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Menus|Menus]]| Introduction to CIGAL menus|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Names|Names]]| Internally defined command and variable names|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Newdevice|Newdevice]]|Adding a New Device|
|[[*jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Newmenu|Newmenu]]| How to create new menus|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Numbers|Numbers]]| Using numbers in CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Operators|Operators]]| Special symbols used for CIGAL's arithmetic/logical operations|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Parser|Parser]]| The command line interpreter|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Philosophy|Philosophy]]| |
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Physiology|Physiology]]| Recording physiological data|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Preprocessor|Preprocessor]]| Introduction to CIGAL's command preprocessor|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Prlist|Prlist]]|Printer control strings:|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Redirect|Redirect]]| How to send command output to a disk file or printer|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Samplefuncmenu|Samplefuncmenu]]| |
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Startup|Startup]]| CIGAL's start-up sequence|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Strings|Strings]]| Using character strings in CIGAL|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Subscripts|Subscripts]]| Using subscripts to identify part of a variable|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Syntax|Syntax]]| Guidelines for how to enter CIGAL commands|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Variables|Variables]]| Introduction to CIGAL variables|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:Windows|Windows]]| How to change the size of the cursor and display windows|
|[[jvs:cigal:manual:chapter1:vgamode|Vgamode]]|VGA graphics mode|

**See Also:**\\
[[jvs:cigal|CIGAL Home]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual|CIGAL Manual]], 
[[jvs:cigal:manual:help|Manual Help]]