Kevin Turner wrote:
What is the status of the help system these days?
Is there a help browser procedure which calls on extension_web_browser
if the gtkxhtml browser is not available?
Yes, Netscape is called it no help browser is found.
How does the help system work for 3rd party plug-ins and scripts?
This is on my todo. Will be a simple function gimp_help_register() which
will take a directory name. The help files mentioned in gimp_dialog_new()
etc. will be relative to this directory.
There will also be a standard way for plug-ins which don't want to register
their own help path. The canonical path for these plugins will be
"$DATADIR/help/C/contrib/plug_in_name/whatever.html"
Feel free to suggest a better word than "contrib", it was just the first
which came to my mind.
Can images be included in the help? If so, what are the naming
conventions?
As 3rd party plug-ins will have their own directory anyway, it's up to the
plug-in's maintainer. A good choice maybe to prefix all help files
for a plug-in with the plug-in's name and a underscore.
bye,
--Mitch
