09-10-2008
Yes .. i knw .. I got an alternative solution to this !
Copy the text from windows to gedit & in gedit, highlight the text (Just select the text, don't do copy(ctrl-c)) u wanna copy & in vi use middle-click(In Inset mode). This works !!
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jds-help
jds-help(1) User Commands jds-help(1)
NAME
jds-help - launch a Help browser based on the GConf ghelp URL handler
SYNOPSIS
jds-help [URL] [gnome-std-options]
DESCRIPTION
jds-help launches a Help browser based on the GConf ghelp URL handler.
The GConf key for the handler is /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/ghelp/command. Typical values for this key are:
yelp "%s"
jdshelp "%s"
If a URL is specified, jds-help displays the topic referenced by the URL. The URL must be a ghelp URL.
If no URL is specified, jds-help displays a default document as implemented by the specified Help browser. By default, both jdshelp and
yelp display a collection of most of the installed documents.
OPTIONS
The following options are supported:
gnome-std-optionStandard options available for use with most GNOME applications. See gnome-std-options(5) for more information.
OPERANDS
The following operands are supported:
URL Uniform Resource Locator, the location of a Help topic.
EXAMPLES
Example 1: Opening the gedit Online Help
example% jds-help ghelp://usr/share/gnome/help/gedit/C/gedit.xml
EXIT STATUS
The following exit values are returned:
0 Application exited successfully
>0 Application exited with failure
FILES
The following files are used by this application:
/usr/bin/jds-help Executable for jds-help application
ATTRIBUTES
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
| ATTRIBUTE TYPE | ATTRIBUTE VALUE |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Availability |SUNWgnome-* |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
|Interface stability |External |
+-----------------------------+-----------------------------+
SEE ALSO
Latest version of the GNOME Desktop User Guide for your platform.
jdshelp(1), yelp(1), gnome-std-options(5)
NOTES
Written by Laszlo Kovacs, Sun Microsystems Inc., 2004.
SunOS 5.10 14 Oct 2004 jds-help(1)