Adding Help

 It's time to start adding a help system to Halcreator. I don't even remember all the stuff I've added and how to get to all of it. That's funny, I'm the one writing the program and I'm forgetting how to use parts of it. 

It's really strange how fast I've created this program, that is, with the help of Claude Code AI. This would have taken me 10 times as long to make it work. Probably more. I started this program May 16th of 2026 and it's already just July the 18th. Now I'm finding myself in the enviable position of actually documenting what the AI and I have done together. Claude Code is unbelievably powerful.

I can't wait to see how much I get done in the next few months. At this time, no one is reading my posts, so it's a way for me to remember what my progress looks like more than anything else.

Pierre

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