Selecting META / GENERATOR tags and editors

If you want to edit topics with specific HTML editors, you can set up RoboHELP to automatically launch the editor you want when you open existing topics. RoboHELP allows you to specify which HTML editor to launch when you're editing files. You do this by associating the editor with a META/GENERATOR tag. This HTML tag appears in most HTML files and specifies the editor in which it was created. RoboHELP detects whether the editor is on your computer and opens the file in that editor for you.

If you choose to, you can use the Auto Select Editor feature to set up more complex associations:

To select a META/GENERATOR tag or editor:

  1. From the Tools menu, select Options.

  2. Click the HTML Editors tab. The editors that RoboHELP finds on your computer are displayed in the list. RoboHELP attempts to find unsupported editors, but may not find them all. In this case, you can add it to the list in the HTML Editors dialog.

  3. Click Auto Select. The Auto Select Editor Settings dialog opens.

  1. Select the line you want to modify and select Set Editor or Set Tag. You can set the editor for the <None>, <Unknown>, or <RoboHELP> tags but you cannot modify or remove these tags.

  1. Click OK.

Click here to see the special META/GENERATOR tags you use for certain situations.

Tip: You can add or remove META/GENERATOR tags the same way you modify them. Simply click Add or Remove. However, you must add any new editors in the HTML Editors dialog before associating them with META/GENERATOR tags. After you add an editor to the HTML Editors dialog, you can add its META/GENERATOR tag (found in the HTML file, such as in the above example) or associate it with an existing META/GENERATOR tag.