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- > I have lots of extension docs as .guide files but IMO the
- > AmosPro's online help system is quicker to use.
- >
- > How does the amospro help system work? Does it scan the AmosPro
- > directories for help files on startup or do I have to add new help
- > files in some config file somehow?
- > Is the help file format described somewhere?
- >
- > Thanks in advance.
-
- The amospro help system uses text from the AMOSPro_System:Accessories/Help
- directory, and it is in an AMOSPro hypertext format similar to that used for
- the interface hypertext, and is horrible to write. The viewer is an AMOS
- program using the Set Accessory command.
-
- For the next version of Easylife, I have done the opposite to your suggestion,
- and converted the AMOSPro help to .guide format, then wrote a guide viewer
- program which displays the help on the AMOSPro editor screen like the AMOS
- help program does, and replaces the AMOSPro help program wherever it is called.
- This means you can press the help key to get help on the extension commands
- as well as the built in commands, and can use the superiour hypertext controls
- of the amiga guide system.
-
- The top level menu page is automatically generated from the filenames of the
- .guide files in the help directory, so to add help for more extensions /
- accessory programs, you simply copy them into the help directory. I will
- release it when I have fixed some bugs.
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