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- sgihelp - The Silicon Graphics Help Viewer
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- sgihelp [ -debug ] [ -nofork ]
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- sgihelp -app aaaapppppppp____ccccllllaaaassssssssnnnnaaaammmmeeee -c index [ -l lllliiiibbbb____ppppaaaatttthhhh ] [ -debug ] [ -nofork ]
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- sgihelp -b bbbbooooooookkkk____nnnnaaaammmmeeee -k hhhheeeellllpppp____kkkkeeeeyyyy [ -app aaaapppppppp____ccccllllaaaassssssssnnnnaaaammmmeeee ]
- [ -l lllliiiibbbb____ppppaaaatttthhhh ] [ -debug ] [ -nofork ] [ -m uuuusssseeeerrrr____ddddaaaattttaaaa ] ]
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- _s_g_i_h_e_l_p is an online help viewer. This viewer provides an easy-to-use
- interface which allows the user to browse through help information that
- is distributed from _S_i_l_i_c_o_n _G_r_a_p_h_i_c_s.
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp is based on the iiiinnnnssssiiiigggghhhhtttt(1) on-line viewing technology. The
- content for the help information that is displayed is derived from the
- iiiinnnnssssiiiigggghhhhtttt(1) books.
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp is an application that gets started only when a request is made
- for "help". A user should _n_e_v_e_r have to start sgihelp from the command-
- line, unless it is used to generate a help request through a combination
- of the command-line arguments described below. Requests can be generated
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- o Help menu item(s) found within an application
- o A help pushbutton on an application window
- o An application sending a request directly
- o SGIHelp itself
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp renders the request, if the help content is available (see
- "FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS" below).
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- The ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp window is composed of two panes (areas): the Viewer pane and
- the Contents/Search pane. For further information, consult the ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp
- on-line help.
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- After the user closes all ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp windows, ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp sits in the background
- process queue waiting for another request (note that this is nnnnooootttt the case
- if "Exit" is chosen from the ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp "Session" menu, this anomaly takes
- place only if "Close" is done). If no activity occurs for 4 minutes
- (default), ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp gracefully exits. Note that the "4 minutes" is a
- configurable number which a user could change in the application defaults
- file (see "FFFFIIIILLLLEEEESSSS" below), or override in a local .Xdefaults file. The
- resource is called _T_i_m_e_o_u_t_I_n_M_i_n. For example, the following sets the
- resource down to one minute and would go into a local .Xdefaults file:
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- -app The -app aaaapppppppp____ccccllllaaaassssssssnnnnaaaammmmeeee options tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to process a help
- request for the given application. The aaaapppppppp____ccccllllaaaassssssssnnnnaaaammmmeeee coincides with
- an associated help file that can be found in (default)
- /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_h_e_l_p or it can be the same as the name used for the
- application's defaults file, found in /_u_s_r/_l_i_b/_X_1_1/_a_p_p-_d_e_f_a_u_l_t_s.
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- -b The -b bbbbooooooookkkk____nnnnaaaammmmeeee option tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to examine the specified book
- for help content for the given request. The bbbbooooooookkkk____nnnnaaaammmmeeee is the
- abbreviated short title for the book. Note that this option is
- case-sensitive. For example:
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp ----bbbb IIIIRRRRIIIISSSSEEEEsssssssseeeennnnttttiiiiaaaallllssss ............
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- -k The -k hhhheeeellllpppp____kkkkeeeeyyyy option tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to render the help card that
- has a specified "HelpId=" attribute of hhhheeeellllpppp____kkkkeeeeyyyy.
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- -c The -c command option is used to invoke _s_g_i_h_e_l_p and open the
- Contents/Search area for the designated aaaapppppppp____ccccllllaaaassssssssnnnnaaaammmmeeee. You must
- specify iiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx as the parameter following this option; which is an
- artifact of an older version of ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp.
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- For example, the command used for opening ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp and loading the
- available help information for the _i_n_s_i_g_h_t application would be:
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp ----aaaapppppppp IIIInnnnssssiiiigggghhhhtttt ----cccc iiiinnnnddddeeeexxxx
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- -debug
- Tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to print messages it is receiving to stdout.
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- -nofork
- The -nofork (or -f) option tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to run in the foreground.
- The default is to automatically background when starting.
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- -l The -l lllliiiibbbb____ppppaaaatttthhhh option tells _s_g_i_h_e_l_p to load the specified IRIS
- InSight library. A library is defined as a collection of
- bookshelves. By default, the library is rooted at
- /_u_s_r/_s_h_a_r_e/_I_n_s_i_g_h_t/_l_i_b_r_a_r_y. The path (relative or full) to the new
- library should be specified. Only one library may be specified. For
- example:
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- ssssggggiiiihhhheeeellllpppp ----llll ////uuuussssrrrr////sssshhhhaaaarrrreeee////IIIInnnnssssiiiigggghhhhtttt////lllliiiibbbb____XXXXXXXXXXXX ............
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- Another method for specifying the designated library is to set the
- resource, "_d_e_f_L_i_b_P_a_t_h". The resource value should be designated in
- the same manner as was described for _T_i_m_e_o_u_t_I_n_M_i_n. For example:
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- -m The -m uuuusssseeeerrrr____ddddaaaattttaaaa option is used to pass data to _s_g_i_h_e_l_p and is
- currently only used by the System Monitor; see ssssyyyyssssmmmmoooonnnn((((1111mmmm)))).
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- /usr/sbin/sgihelp, /usr/lib/X11/app-defaults/SGIHelp
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- Help content for the IRIX Interactive Desktop(TM) is retrieved from the
- following sample of book subsystems (subject to change):
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- desktop_eoe.books.* IRIX Interactive Desktop(TM) Books
- dmedia_eoe.books.* Digital Media Tools User's Guide, Help
- eoe.books.* IRIX Execution Environment Books
- imgtools.books.* ImageVision Tools User's Guide, Help
- impr_base.books.* Impressario User's Guide
- sysmon.books.* Desktop System Monitor Help
- *.books.[Hh]elp Various Help-related books
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