[Scilab-users] Why modified help file are not updated on the help window witout Scilab exit and restart

[Jean-Yves Baudais]

Sorry, I forgot

4) loader does
 > add_help_chapter(TOOLBOX_NAME, path_addchapter, %F);
and it works, "mylibrary" is added as a chapter in the help.

But I can see...

Le 19/05/2021 à 10:18, Jean-Yves Baudais a écrit :
> Hello,
> 
> The problem is: I don't want to restart Scilab each time I modify one 
> help file, to take it into account. Now the details.
> 
>    When I modify the help file, let say "myfunction.xml" in "mylibrary" 
> toolbox, I do (current directory is the toolbox root directory)
> 
> fist I close the help window if it is opened, and
> 
>  > exec unloader.sce;
>  > exec cleaner.sce;
>  > exec builder.sce;
>  > exec loader.sce;
>  > help myfunction
> 
> But, the modification is not updated in the help window. I should exit 
> and restart Scilab to see the modification. Am I doing something wrong?
> 
> In short (only for the help part),
> 1) unloader does
>  > del_help_chapter("mylibrary", %F);
> and it works, "mylibrary" is removed from the help;
> 
> 2) clearner does
>  > rmdir(root_tlbx + "/jar/", "s");
> and it works, the ./jar/scilab_fr_FR_help.jar file is deleted;
> 
> 3) builder does
>  > tbx_builder_help(toolbox_dir);
> that is
>  > xmltojar(path, moduletitle, directory_language, default_language);
> and it works, the ./jar/scilab_fr_FR_help.jar is created and all the 
> ./help/fr_FR/scilab_fr_FR_help/* files are created (updated here). If I 
> open the file ./help/fr_FR/scilab_fr_FR_help/myfunction.html I see the 
> modification.
> 
> But I can see the modification with
>  > help myfunction
> unless I quite Scilab
> 
> It looks like the first call of the help upload the help documentation 
> in memory (and create %helps global variable), and if the files of the 
> documentation are removed from help, modified and re-added, the next 
> call of the help function consider only what has been uploaded first and 
> don't read the modified jar nor html files!
> 
> Is Scilab operate like that? If yes, it's a bug. If not why
>  > help myfunction
> is not updated while all the files are!
> 
> Thanks for your insight,
> 
> --Jean-Yves