xwafemc(1)

NAME

xwafemc - an X-based multiple choice test program

SYNOPSIS

xwafemc [-c colormode] [-3] [-f source file] [-l language]

DESCRIPTION

xwafemc processes an input file containing multiple choice questions, lets them be answered by the user and finally evaluates the user's input.

OPTIONS

In addition to the standard toolkit options such as -display, -name, -geometry, -iconic, -xrm etc. (see manual page X) xwafemc accepts the following options:

-c colormode
    start xwafemc using the given color-mode (for details see manual page wafeapp); color modes are for example mono, blueish or wheat-ish.

-3  do not use 3 dimensional widgets. This option depends of the configuration in the system.waferc file (see manual page wafeapp).

-s  source file
    Use this option to specify the input file. Default value is a short demonstration file located in $WAFELIB.

-l  language
    Specify english or german, default value is german.

LAYOUT and INTERACTION
Each question is presented with the proposed time and the maximum number of points. The mouse is used to answer the questions: Left button (Btn1) marks as true, right button (Btn3) as wrong and the middle button (Btn2) cancels the answer of the current question. Alternatively the characacters "r", "f" and "?" may be used. Input refers always to the question currently displayed under the pointer. For alternative key bindings please refer to the next section. The button <Quit> at the bottom of the application's window is used to exit without evaluation. After all questions are answered, the button <Evaluation> becomes sensitive and can be pressed to view the results and the achieved grade.

KEY BINDINGS

<Btn1>
    mark current question as right

<Btn2>
    mark current question as unanswered

<Btn3>
    mark current question as false

<Key>Up
    move about one line up

<Key>Down
    move about one line down

<Key>Prior
    move about a half page up

<Key>Next
    move about a half page down

Meta<Key>Prior
    move to the begin of the test

Meta<Key>Next
    move to the end of the test

<Key>r
    mark current question as right

<Key>f
    mark current question as false

<Key>?
    mark current question as unanswered

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

WAFELIB
    location of the wafe library (typically /usr/lib/X11/wafe)

PERL VARIABLES

Wafe (Perl-) Variables from $WAFELIB/system.waferc or $HOME/.waferc:

$boldFont
    used for bold labels

$normalFont
    used to display the text of the questions

$textFont
    fixed spaced text font

$buttonFont
    used as font for buttons

$buttonAtts
    attributes used for buttons

$background
    background color

FILES

    $WAFELIB/system.waferc
    $WAFELIB/test.mini.german
    $WAFELIB/test.mini.english
    $HOME/.waferc

SEE ALSO

wafe(n), wafeapp(n), X(1), xwafemail(n), xwafenews(n), xwafeftp(n), xwafeora(n), xwafetel(n), xdirtree(n), xdirtree(n), xprojektor(n), xbm(n), xwafemc(n), xruptimes(n), xnetstats(n), xiostats(n), xvmstats(n), xwafeping(n), xwafecf(n)

COPYRIGHT

 Copyright (C) 1992 by Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser
        Wirtschaftsuniversitaet Wien,
        Abteilung fuer Wirtschaftsinformatik
        Augasse 2-6,
        A-1090 Vienna, Austria
        neumann@wu-wien.ac.at, nusser@wu-wien.ac.at
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software and its documentation for any purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above copyright notice appears in all copies and that both that copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all supporting documentation. This software is provided "as is" without expressed or implied warranty.

AUTHORS

Gustaf Neumann, Stefan Nusser