Thanks for the responses. I'll check out the web browser module, and I'll make sure that I release any work ona help system to the community.
Scott Huey bruno at modulix wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I did some searching for this topic, but couldn't find anything. A > > search of this list only turned up an old post from 2002. > > > > I'd like to add a comprehesive help system to my Python Application. By > > "comprehensive" I mean regular "read-like-a-book" help and context > > sensitive help that can be launched from the application. > > > > Is there an existing system in Python that would support this, or would > > I need to start from scratch? > > This depends on the system and UI, so their can be no one-size-fits-all > builtin solution. Hint : look at how other programs using the same > system and UI solved the problem. > > > On a related note, is there a way to fire up Adobe's Acorbat Reader or > > and Web Browser from Python and have the external application open a > > specified PDF or HTML file? (For example, I want to open the file > > "myhelp.pdf" in reader from Python code.) > > os.system() may be a good start. > > HTH > -- > bruno desthuilliers > python -c "print '@'.join(['.'.join([w[::-1] for w in p.split('.')]) for > p in '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'.split('@')])" -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list