Apple Newton Programmer’s Newton 2.0 (for Newton 2.0) - Manual (Page 673)

C H A P T E R 1 8
Intelligent Assistant
Summary 18-27
People 18
person := { // generic person template
isa: 'who_obj,
value: nil // system use only
…}
title := { // "owner", "manager", and so on
isa: 'who_obj,
…}
affiliate:= { // "friend", "brother", "sister", and so on
isa: 'person,
…}
group := { // "Engineering", "Marketing", and so on
isa: 'person,
…}
custom := { // customized 'person template
isa: 'person,
…}
Miscellaneous 18
salutationPrefix := {
ISA: 'parser_obj,
Lexicon: ["dear", "to", "attention", "attn",
"attn." , "hey"],
…}
Developer-Supplied Target Templates 18
You must supply any target template your task template requires that is not
supplied by the system. Required target templates are specified by the task
template’s
signature slot.
Assistant Functions and Methods 18
ParseUtter( inputString ) // matches input to templates
tmpltRef := RegTaskTemplate( myTemplt )//register w/ Assistant
UnRegTaskTemplate( tmpltRef ) // unregister task template
GetMatchedEntries( which , entries ) // returns array of aliases