Version 4 of dgw::hyperhelp

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• Description
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• Example
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• See also
• Discussion

Name

dgw::hyperhelp - hypertext help system

Description

DDG 2020-02-01: dgw::hyperhelp is a hypertext help system using a Wiki/Markdown like markup language, based on A Hypertext Help System which was cleaned up, extended and documented - HTML - manual links see below. Here an example help page for explaining the hyperhelp markup https://chiselapp.com/user/dgroth/repository/tclcode/doc/tip/dgw/help.txt

The help browser system displays a nice table of contents table in a ttk::treeview widget, offers index, search facilities and sophisticated keyboard navigation.

Links

• Homepage: https://chiselapp.com/user/dgroth/repository/tclcode
• Download: https://chiselapp.com/user/dgroth/repository/tclcode/download
• Manual: https://chiselapp.com/user/dgroth/repository/tclcode/doc/tip/dgw/hyperhelp.html
• Example help file: https://chiselapp.com/user/dgroth/repository/tclcode/doc/tip/dgw/help.txt
• License: MIT

Example

The package is both a standalone application to directly view help files, as well loadable within an existing application.

package require dgw::hyperhelp
set helpfile [file join [file dirname [info script]] help.txt]
set hhelp [dgw::hyperhelp .help -helpfile $helpfile]
pack $hhelp -side top -fill both -expand true
$hhelp Help overview

Image

Below is an image of the running application.

Jeff Smith Below is an online demo using CloudTk

See also

• snidgets (Snit widgets)
• A Hypertext Help System which was the starting point for this package

Discussion

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