2 categories:: HelpSystem, GUI>Interfaces
3 related:: Classes/SCDoc
4 summary:: Browse the SuperCollider help documentation
8 HelpBrowser is the GUI help browser that lets you browse the documentation of SuperCollider. It is coupled with SCDoc to allow on-the-fly rendering of HTML help files.
11 private:: getOldWrapUrl, initClass
14 The singleton HelpBrowser instance.
17 Create a new HelpBrowser instance with given home URL.
19 method:: defaultHomeUrl
20 Get or set the default home URL.
22 method:: openNewWindows
23 Get or set the default for "open in new windows" toggle.
26 Go to url with singleton instance or a new window, depending on the code::openNewWindows:: setting.
29 Open the relevant help page for given text in the singleton HelpBrowser instance.
31 method:: openSearchPage
32 Open the help search page with given text in the singleton HelpBrowser instance.
34 method:: openBrowsePage
35 Open the category browser page in the singleton HelpBrowser instance.
38 An optional String to start at specified category, like "UGens>Filters"
40 method:: openHelpForMethod
41 Open help for specified method.
43 a link::Classes/Method::
46 private:: init, openTextFile, startAnim, stopAnim
49 Get or set the home URL.
52 The GUI window for this HelpBrowser.
54 Mainly useful for when you need to show the browser:
56 HelpBrowser.instance.window.front;
60 Go to specific URL. If the URL points to a file under link::Classes/SCDoc#*helpTargetDir:: it will be rendered on demand if needed.