Configuration files Help Configuration



This configuration file section configures the paths and applications used to call up help.

On-line Help Configuration Section: \HELP_CONFIG{...}

This section defines Xclamation's on-line help configuration. The help definition begins after the opening bracket "{" and before the corresponding closing bracket "}". The configuration parameters are:

  1. \BASE_LOCATION{path} where path represents the help-file pathway.
     
  2. \HELP_COMMAND{...}. Each \HELP_COMMAND parameter contains a means of launching the on-line documentation. If the first command does not work, it takes the second, and so on. This subsection may contain the following parameters:
     
    1. \COMMAND{command} where command represents the command line to be executed. When the user calls up Xclamation's on-line documentation, the page associated with the requested portion of documentation will be added to this command line.
       
    2. \XMAYDAY_PROTOCOL. The user may use this parameter if XMAYDAY is the application used to read documentation. In this case the communication protocol with XMAYDAY will be activated, meaning, for example, that XMAYDAY will not need to be re-booted each time the user calls up documentation from Xclamation.
       
    3. \NETSCAPE_PROTOCOL works in the same manner as \XMAYDAY_PROTOCOL except it is used for Netscape Navigator.
       

Example:

\HELP_CONFIG{
    \BASE_LOCATION{
        $XCLAMATION_LIB/doc/Xclamation/English
    }
    \HELP_COMMAND{
        \COMMAND{XMayday}
        \XMAYDAY_PROTOCOL
    }
    \HELP_COMMAND{
        \COMMAND{netscape}
        \NETSCAPE_PROTOCOL
    }
    \HELP_COMMAND{
        \COMMAND{Mosaic}
    }
}



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