[scilab-Users] Scilab 5.1.1, Help System and %helps

[Eric Dubois]

Well, as far as I have understood, you have to build help files in a folder
such as mytoolbox\help\en_US (for English help).

Your help files must respect Scilab xml forma. Ffor an example, see the file
joined (you can find many more examples in my toolbox grocer, available at
http://dubois.ensae.net/grocer.html) ; Pettersen toolbox -
http://www.scilab.org/contrib/index_contrib.php?page=displayContribution&fileID=1145-can
also be very helpful: anyway, it has helped me.

Then you have to insert in scilab.star the following commands :
helps_dirs='mytoolbox\help\en_US'
help_title='my beautiful toolbox'
xml2jar('javaHelp','mytoolbox\help\en_US','my beautiful toolbox')
add_help_chapter('my beautiful toolbox',SCI+'mytoolbox\/jar',%f);

And, with some effort, it should work.

I fear that it is not the best solution, but Scilab help on the subject is
indeed rather tricky to undestand.

Cheers.

Eric.

2009/5/23 Dave Comer <dmcomer at dmcmicro.com>

> Hello,
>
> I am working my way through the Scilab help file system with the goal of
> adding my own toolbox, help system. I noticed in the Scilab manual that
> there is suposed to be a variable %helps, which according to the manual is
> supposed to be loaded by scilab.start. However, in 5.1.1 there is no such
> reference to %helps in scilab.start, and there is not global variable %helps
> listed in whos. Is this an obsolete concept? If so, how does one add help to
> the help file path?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Comer
>
>
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