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Conference hydra::amiga_v1

Title:AMIGA NOTES
Notice:Join us in the *NEW* conference - HYDRA::AMIGA_V2
Moderator:HYDRA::MOORE
Created:Sat Apr 26 1986
Last Modified:Wed Feb 05 1992
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:5378
Total number of notes:38326

4917.0. "GetHelp Anyone ?" by SALEM::LEIMBERGER () Thu Jul 25 1991 08:09

    Has anybody tried the On-Line help facility that was in AC's Tech Issue
    Vol 1 Num. 2 . I was talking to the author last saturday, and he had
    asked me if I read his article. I had not read it but said I'd look at
    it this week. Well I got aro9und to looking at it last night, an
    thought I'd try it out. I was under the impression that all you had to
    do was copy GETHELP to your c: directory, and copy the LISTING1 file 
    to a directory. At that point you only had to type GetHelp dir/filename
    and you would see the help listing1 file. Do I need to supply another
    argument ? "GetHelp dir/filename qualifier". It look like a good source
    for adding online help, but I was thinking of playing with it through
    AmigaVision.
    								bill
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4917.1well working someSALEM::LEIMBERGERThu Jul 25 1991 09:0713
    I think I may have answered my own qusetion. In the article it gives an
    example;
    	Alias Recipe gethelp s:recipe.help /* this supplies command */
    	then "Recipe pancakes" would get you the recipe for pancakes.
    So "GetHelp s:Recipe.help pancakes" should run directly from the cli.
    It needed the argument. 
        My only problem is that the Alias command doesen't like the line
    as showed. Actually it is redundent to use amigaVision to drive this
    program (AmigaVison will give you this type of utility very easy)
    but I thought it might be fun to play with.
    If I issue a direct cli command it works, but if I use the the alias I
    get no response(actually act as if it did not see the argument .
    							bill
4917.2and the answer isSALEM::LEIMBERGERThu Jul 25 1991 09:547
    Peter Capriccio had the answer. When you issue an Alias that needs an
    argument you need to include the "[]" in the alias command.
    	"Alias HowTo gethelp s:Howto.help []" is what is needed.
    Then "HowTo PROGRAM" will go out and access the s:HowTo.help file and
    come back with whatever follows @PROGRAM in the howto.help file. I
    tried it on the 1000 here at work and it is nice. 
    							bill
4917.3Could you upload it ?TRUCKS::BUSSINK_ESwitzerland 700th, D-7Thu Jul 25 1991 10:114
    Is it PD or Shareware ? If yes, could you upload it to Tape ?
    Are the WB 1.3 commands described in the help facility ?
    
    							Erik
4917.4yes,and noSALEM::LEIMBERGERThu Jul 25 1991 10:5314
    I checked the files. It said the source code is freely distributable
    and can be used in any PD,and commercial application as long as the
    copyright is included. It will appear on "Tape" Today. The 1.3 commands
    are not described in the utility. A file "Listing1" has examples of
    using the different screen formats, window size etc. The magazine
    article covered how to write the online text files you want to use.
    
    The source code has very good comments, and with the examples should
    be very usefull. There is a sidebar in the article that listed all the
    formatting commands and such that can be used in the "text.help" file.
    Be forwarned that it is case sensitive though. The actual intent by
    the author was to enable others to have embbedded help in their "c"
    programs.
    							bill
4917.5File name SALEM::LEIMBERGERThu Jul 25 1991 11:182
    Sorry about that HELP.lzh is the file