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Re: Help for non-RSI libraries under IDL 4.0 [message #4353]

Sat, 27 May 1995 00:00

Eric Deutsch
Messages: 11
Registered: May 1995

Junior Member

Thanks to all (including the folks at RSI) who mailed answers to my query.
The answer seems to be that under IDL 4.0, the '?' command brings up
the snazzy new HyperHelp thingy which only includes RSI documentation.

The old widget help tool, invoked wiuth '?' under previous versions, can
now be invoked with:

IDL> widget_olh

It operates the same way has previous versions (recognizes IDL_HELP_PATH,
runs without keeping the IDL> prompt, etc.) Through this tool, the .HELP
files can be browsed as before.

One of the messages from RSI alluded to some possible improvements in help
support for non-RSI libraries, but nothing specific was mentioned.

Also, the usual MK_LIBRARY_HELP is still available, but also undocumented
like widget_olh.

Eric

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