This is wonderful!
Now it's a part of my user.r!
>> help system
OBJECT: system
WORDS:
build -- (Type: date)
components -- (Type: block)
license -- (Type: string)
product -- (Type: word)
stats -- (Type: native)
version -- (Type: tuple)
SUB-OBJECTS:
console
error
locale
network
options
ports
schemes
script
standard
user
view
words
FUNCTIONS:
(none)
>> help system/product
PRODUCT is a word of value: View
>> help system/build
BUILD is a date of value: 3-Oct-2000/8:17:56-7:00
>> help system/version
VERSION is a tuple of value: 0.10.38.3.1
>> help system/words
OBJECT: words
** Script Error: != has no value.
** Where: switch/default mold type? get in
At 06:44 PM 10/8/00 +0200, you wrote:
>Hi!
>
>I've done a little, but usefull IMHO, patch for the 'help command.
>Have you ever try to see the description of a function defined in an object
>using the standart help ? When using objects a lot, you couldn't use the
>auto-doc feature of 'help, because, it wasn't able to go inside an object!
>Until now...;)
>So, i write this patch to 'help to allow object introspection. 'Help on an
>object will return its words, sub-objects and functions. Now, you can do
>things like :
>
>a: make object! [
> c: func ["print a message"][ print "I'm c in a!" ]
> b: make object! [
> d: func ["read a web page" link [url!]][ print read link ]
> e: 5
> ]
>]
>
>help a
>help a/c
>help a/b
>help a/b/d
>help a/b/e
>
>You can even browse the system object with : help system :)
>Try it on your own objects !
>
>The RIP archive is in the attached file. Just save it on your rebol dir
>and type : do %help-arc.rip on the command line. It will decompress the
>archive and create 2 files :
>
>help.r : the patch! (add do %help.r in your user.r!)
>diff-help.html : a 2-colored source code of the patched 'help showing where
>code was added (if someone want to improve the code, it would be easier...;))
>
>Enjoy it!
>
>DocKimbel.
>Attachment Converted: "D:\PROGRAM FILES\EUDORA\NewAttach\help-arc.rip"
>
