The Menu bar.

It contains the main buttons for running AUTO and for manipulating the equations-file, the constants-file, the output-files, and the data-files. In a typical application, these buttons are used from left to right. First the Equations are defined and, if necessary, Edited, before being Written. Then the AUTO-constants are Defined. This is followed by the actual Run of AUTO. The resulting output-files can be Saved as data-files, or they can be Appended to existing data-files. Data-files can be Plotted with the graphics program PLAUT, and various file operations can be done with the Files-button. Auxiliary functions are provided by the Demos-, Misc-, and Help-buttons. The Menu Bar buttons are described in more detail in Section 9.2.