hyperhelp(1)							  [incr Widgets]						      hyperhelp(1)

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NAME

       hyperhelp - Create and manipulate a hyperhelp widget

SYNOPSIS

       hyperhelp pathName ?options?

INHERITANCE

       itk::Toplevel <- shell <- hyperhelp

STANDARD OPTIONS

       activeBackground    background	      borderWidth
       closecmd 	   cursor	      exportSelection
       foreground	   highlightColor     highlightThickness
       insertBackground    insertBorderWidth  insertOffTime
       insertOnTime	   insertWidth	      padX
       padY		   relief	      repeatDelay
       repeatInterval	   selectBackground   selectBorderWidth
       selectForeground    setGrid

       See the "options" manual entry for details on the standard options.

ASSOCIATED OPTIONS

       hscrollmode     vscrollmode    textbackground  fontname
       fontsize        fixedfont      link	      linkhighlight
       width	       height	      state	      wrap
       unknownimage

       See the "scrolledhtml" widget manual entry for details on the above associated options.

INHERITED OPTIONS

       modality        title

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited options.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC OPTIONS
       Name:   topics
       Class:  Topics
       Command-Line Switch:    -topics

	      Specifies  a list of help topics in the form {?topic? ... }. Topic may either be a topic name, in which case the document associated
	      with the topic should be in the file helpdir/topic.html, or it may be of the form {name file}. In the latter case, name is displayed
	      in the topic menu, and selecting the name loads file. If file has a relative path, it is assumed to be relative to helpdir.

       Name:   helpdir
       Class:  Directory
       Command-Line Switch:    -helpdir

	      Specifies the directory where help files are located.

       Name:   closeCmd
       Class:  CloseCmd
       Command-Line Switch:    -closecmd

	      Specifies the tcl command to be executed when the close option is selected from the topics menu.

       Name:   maxHistory
       Class:  MaxHistory
       Command-Line Switch:    -maxhistory

	      Specifies the maximum number of entries stored in the history list

       Name:   beforelink
       Class:  BeforeLink
       Command-Line Switch:    -beforelink

	      Specifies  a  command  to be eval'ed before a new link is displayed. The path of the link to be displayed is appended before evaling
	      the command. A suggested use might be to busy the widget while a new page is being displayed.

       Name:   afterlink
       Class:  AfterLink
       Command-Line Switch:    -afterlink

	      Specifies a command to be eval'ed after a new link is completely displayed.  The path of the link that  was  displayed  is  appended
	      before evaling the command.

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DESCRIPTION

       The  hyperhelp  command	creates a shell window with a pulldown menu showing a list of topics. The topics are displayed by importing a HTML
       formatted file named helpdir/topic.html. For a list of supported HTML tags, see scrolledhtml(n).

METHODS

       The hyperhelp command creates a new Tcl command whose name is pathName.	This command may be used to invoke various operations on the  wid-
       get.   It  has  the following general form: pathName option ?arg arg ...?  Option and the args determine the exact behavior of the command.
       The following commands are possible for dialog widgets:

INHERITED METHODS

       activate        center	      childsite       deactivate

       See the "shell" manual entry for details on the above inherited methods.

WIDGET-SPECIFIC METHODS
       pathName cget option
	      Returns the current value of the configuration option given by option.  Option may have any of the values accepted by the  hyperhelp
	      command.

       pathName configure ?option? ?value option value ...?
	      Query  or modify the configuration options of the widget.  If no option is specified, returns a list describing all of the available
	      options for pathName (see Tk_ConfigureInfo for information on the format of this list).  If option is specified with no value,  then
	      the  command  returns  a list describing the one named option (this list will be identical to the corresponding sublist of the value
	      returned if no option is specified).  If one or more option-value pairs are specified, then the command modifies	the  given  widget
	      option(s) to have the given value(s);  in this case the command returns an empty string.	Option may have any of the values accepted
	      by the hyperhelp command.

       pathName showtopic topic
	      Display html file helpdir/topic.html. Topic may optionally be of the form topicname#anchorname. In this form,  either  topicname	or
	      anchorname  or  both may be empty. If topicname is empty, the current topic is assumed. If anchorname is empty, the top of the docu-
	      ment is assumed

       pathName followlink href
	      Display html file href. Href may be optionally be of the form filename#anchorname. In this form, either filename	or  anchorname	or
	      both  may  be  empty.  If  filename  is  empty,  the current document is assumed. If anchorname is empty, the top of the document is
	      assumed.

       pathName forward
	      Display html file one forward in history list, if applicable.

       pathName back
	      Display html file one back in history list, if applicable.

EXAMPLE

	hyperhelp .h -topics { Intro Help } -helpdir ~/help
	.h showtopic Intro

AUTHOR

       Kris Raney

KEYWORDS

       hyperhelp, html, help, shell, widget

Tk																      hyperhelp(1)