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Re: User HELP files from IDL 3.6.1 to 4.0 [message #5046 is a reply to message #5038]

Fri, 08 September 1995 00:00

rigby
Messages: 16
Registered: September 1995

Junior Member

In article 8le@upsn2.u-psud.fr, Richard Gispert <gispert@ias.fr> () writes:

> With IDL 3.6.1 it was possible to add
> help files for our routines to help files distributed by IDL.
> It was very convenient because developpers had just to write
> a header beginning by ;+ and ending by ;- in each routine.
> Then by using MK_LIBRARY_HELP it was very easy to prepare such .hlp
> files.
> With IDL 4.0 we got hyperhelp which is very beautiful and convenient
> BUT we lost the previous facility for personal help files.
> Who has the solution ?
>

This was posted a while back. Hopefully RSI will see the light
and officially restore this capability.

From mcghee@astrosun.tn.cornell.edu (Colleen McGhee)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.idl-pvwave
Subject: Re: Tapping into IDL help??
Date: 4 Jun 1995 22:45:23 GMT

Here is a response from RSI to one user about the lack of help:

A solution does exist. IDL 4.0 still includes MK_LIBRARY_HELP
(undocumented.) It also still includes the old online help viewer,
WIDGET_OLH (also undocumented.) If the ".help" files created with
MK_LIBRARY_HELP are in the help path (in the "help" subdirectory,
for example) then the call "widget_olh" will display them.
We're looking into better ways for the user to create their
own help files.

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		Re: User HELP files from IDL 3.6.1 to 4.0 By: rivers on Sat, 09 September 1995 00:00
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		Re: User HELP files from IDL 3.6.1 to 4.0 By: rigby on Fri, 08 September 1995 00:00

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