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  • Stef Mientki
    #1

    windows help files ?

    Hello,

    I've 2 questions about python help files:

    1. how can I launch the windows help file (CHM), from python with a
    keyword as argument ?

    2. now when my program should also run under Linux/Mac, how should I
    call the help file under Linux/Mac.

    Going to the website for the help information is not an option.

    thanks,
    Stef
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    • Daniel
      #2
      Re: windows help files ?

      On Oct 2, 9:13 am, Stef Mientki <stef.mien...@g mail.comwrote:
      Hello,
      >
      I've 2 questions about python help files:
      >
      1. how can I launch the windows help file (CHM), from python  with a
      keyword as argument ?
      >
      2. now when my program should also run under Linux/Mac,  how should I
      call the help file  under Linux/Mac.
      >
      Going to the website for the help information is not an option.
      >
      thanks,
      Stef
      You say that you can't send them to a website for help files. Can you
      make the help files HTML and launch them locally in a browser (no
      internet connection required)? That would enable you to use the same
      mechanism on all platforms.

      Daniel

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        • =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?=
          #3
          Re: windows help files ?

          1. how can I launch the windows help file (CHM), from python with a
          keyword as argument ?
          Run hh.exe. If you want it to navigate to specific page, also pass that
          page on the command line (finding out the exact syntax is left as an
          exercise)
          2. now when my program should also run under Linux/Mac, how should I
          call the help file under Linux/Mac.
          Provide an HTML tree of the documentation, and use the webbrowser module
          to start a browser on it.

          Regards,
          Martin

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            • Stef Mientki
              #4
              Re: windows help files ?

              Martin v. Löwis wrote:
              >1. how can I launch the windows help file (CHM), from python with a
              >keyword as argument ?
              >>
              >
              Run hh.exe. If you want it to navigate to specific page, also pass that
              page on the command line (finding out the exact syntax is left as an
              exercise)
              >
              >
              That's one way,
              in the meanwhile I found win32help.py,
              which I finally got to work.
              The whole hh.exe (seems also to be a wellknown virus) and win32help
              documentation is very hard to find.
              >2. now when my program should also run under Linux/Mac, how should I
              >call the help file under Linux/Mac.
              >>
              >
              Provide an HTML tree of the documentation, and use the webbrowser module
              to start a browser on it.
              >
              Yes, but for context sensitive help that's a little bit primitive.
              I'm now working on the idea of offering 3 levels of context sensitive
              help (through F1, shift-F1, ctrl-F1):
              - standard doc ( chm-keyword / html-tag )
              - search on google
              - help from a user defined location ( chm / html / search engine / txt /
              pdf )

              thanks again,
              cheers,
              Stef

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                • Gabriel Genellina
                  #5
                  Re: windows help files ?

                  En Fri, 03 Oct 2008 09:07:21 -0300, Stef Mientki <stef.mientki@g mail.com>
                  escribió:
                  Martin v. Löwis wrote:
                  >>1. how can I launch the windows help file (CHM), from python with a
                  >>keyword as argument ?
                  >>
                  >Run hh.exe. If you want it to navigate to specific page, also pass that
                  >page on the command line (finding out the exact syntax is left as an
                  >exercise)
                  >>
                  That's one way,
                  in the meanwhile I found win32help.py,
                  which I finally got to work.
                  The whole hh.exe (seems also to be a wellknown virus) and win32help
                  documentation is very hard to find.
                  hh.exe is part of the Windows OS and is included on all non-prehistoric
                  Windows versions. See http://support.microsoft.com/dllhelp/
                  win32help is part of the pywin32 package - but it's just a thin wrapper
                  around the help API. The authoritative documentation source should be the
                  Microsoft site: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc196383.aspx

                  --
                  Gabriel Genellina

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