<s>
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
hypertext	O
document	O
file	O
format	O
designed	O
for	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
Files	O
are	O
stored	O
in	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
so	O
it	O
is	O
possible	O
to	O
read	O
and	O
edit	O
a	O
file	O
without	O
the	O
need	O
for	O
special	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
Workbench	B-Operating_System
2.1	I-Operating_System
an	O
Amiga	B-Device
Guide	O
system	O
for	O
O.S.	O
</s>
<s>
inline	O
help	O
files	O
and	O
reading	O
manuals	O
with	O
hypertext	O
formatting	O
elements	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
AmigaOS	O
and	O
based	O
on	O
a	O
viewer	O
called	O
simply	O
"	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
"	O
and	O
it	O
has	O
been	O
included	O
as	O
standard	O
feature	O
on	O
the	O
Amiga	B-Device
system	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Users	O
with	O
earlier	O
versions	O
of	O
Workbench	B-Operating_System
could	O
view	O
the	O
files	O
by	O
downloading	O
the	O
program	O
and	O
library	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
34	O
distributed	O
with	O
public	O
domain	O
collections	O
of	O
floppy	O
disks	O
(	O
for	O
example	O
on	O
Fred	O
Fish	O
collection	O
)	O
or	O
it	O
could	O
be	O
downloaded	O
directly	O
from	O
Aminet	B-Device
software	O
repository	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Starting	O
from	O
AmigaOS	O
3.0	O
the	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
tool	O
was	O
replaced	O
with	O
more	O
the	O
complete	O
and	O
flexible	O
MultiView	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
is	O
the	O
default	O
tool	O
for	O
viewing	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
files	O
used	O
with	O
AmigaOS	O
2.1	O
,	O
and	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
basic	O
text	O
viewer	O
for	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
documents	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MultiView	O
is	O
basically	O
a	O
void	O
container	O
and	O
a	O
natural	O
GUI	O
for	O
the	O
various	O
datatypes	O
that	O
open	O
MultiView	O
as	O
a	O
default	O
tool	O
when	O
any	O
media	O
file	O
(	O
including	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
files	O
)	O
are	O
invoked	O
by	O
mouse	O
clicking	O
and	O
recognized	O
by	O
the	O
existing	O
correspondent	O
datatype	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
the	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
format	O
is	O
almost	O
solely	O
used	O
for	O
documenting	O
Amiga	B-Device
programs	O
,	O
viewers	O
are	O
available	O
for	O
several	O
other	O
platforms	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Macintosh	B-Device
-	O
A	O
little	O
free	O
Open	O
Source	O
viewer	O
of	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
files	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
computers	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
document	O
is	O
a	O
simple	O
ASCII-formatted	O
document	O
,	O
so	O
it	O
can	O
be	O
edited	O
by	O
any	O
normal	O
text	B-Application
editor	I-Application
and	O
viewed	O
by	O
any	O
text	O
reader	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
commands	O
all	O
begin	O
with	O
the	O
'	O
@	O
 '	O
(	O
pronounced	O
'	O
at	O
 '	O
)	O
symbol	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
be	O
recognized	O
as	O
an	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
document	O
,	O
the	O
first	O
line	O
should	O
include	O
this	O
text	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
all	O
support	O
the	O
naming	O
of	O
nodes	O
within	O
the	O
current	O
document	O
,	O
but	O
they	O
also	O
all	O
support	O
a	O
path	O
along	O
with	O
that	O
name	O
which	O
lets	O
the	O
node	O
be	O
located	O
in	O
any	O
AmigaGuide	B-Operating_System
document	O
.	O
</s>
