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Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) [message #14409 is a reply to message #14330]

Tue, 23 February 1999 00:00

landsman
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Registered: August 1991

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In article <7arrcv$a7$1@hammer.msfc.nasa.gov>, mallors@msfc.nasa.gov (Robert S. Mallozzi) writes...
> From a message I received from RSI regarding IDL HTML help:
>
> "The IDL html help files were removed from the IDL 5.2
> distribution as a space-saving measure. They are considered
> to be redundant."
>
> It looks like we are stuck with the painfully slow "hyperhelp".

Under Solaris, the hyperhelp also has the occasional habit of crashing the
system.

Another advantage of the html help files is that html is the easiest
method of creating help files for user written procedures. Thus one can
create links between the documentation for intrinsic and user-written
procedures, or create a search page that includes both intrinsic and user-written
procedures. (I have a simple interface for the latter at
http://idlastro.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/search_idl.cgi)

Finally html has the advantage of being a familiar interface (e.g. Netscape or
Explorer) across all systems, whereas I often find myself reading the help on
how to use the IDL hyperhelp.

--Wayne Landsman landsman@mpb.gsfc.nasa.gov

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		RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: landsman on Sun, 21 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: ajschmitt on Wed, 24 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug By: Ivan Zimine on Wed, 24 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: steinhh on Wed, 24 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: thompson on Tue, 23 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: landsman on Tue, 23 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: landsman on Mon, 22 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: davidf on Mon, 22 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: ajschmitt on Mon, 22 February 1999 00:00
		Re: RANDOMU bug (and HTML help) By: mallors on Mon, 22 February 1999 00:00

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