Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-07 Thread has
Ronald Oussoren wrote: Another option is PyObjC, it definitly allows you to integrate with the native Cocoa help API's. Out of interest, does PyObjC play nicely with wxPython/Tkinter? A further option, if it hasn't already been suggested, would be to call AHRegisterHelpBook directly via c

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-06 Thread Ronald Oussoren
On 4 May, 2009, at 18:38, Christopher Barker wrote: Kevin Walzer wrote: Not all parts of this are relevant, since I'm using Tkinter and bumping up against Tk's limited support for displaying HTML, but it will give you an idea of the issues. Since you're using wxPython, can't you just call e

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-04 Thread Christopher Barker
Christopher Barker wrote: use wxHTML -- this is simple and fast, and I think there is a help-browsing app built in wxPython already, here it is: wx.html.HtmlHelpController -Chris -- Christopher Barker, Ph.D. Oceanographer Emergency Response Division NOAA/NOS/OR&R(206) 526-6959

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-04 Thread Christopher Barker
Kevin Walzer wrote: Not all parts of this are relevant, since I'm using Tkinter and bumping up against Tk's limited support for displaying HTML, but it will give you an idea of the issues. Since you're using wxPython, can't you just call either the wxHelp API (a bit complicated if I recall co

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-03 Thread Kevin Walzer
Don McGuire wrote: Hi: I am attempting to build an application that uses the built-in Apple Help system to display my html help files. I'm getting a Mac OS Error -50, which corresponds to "Error in user parameter list." Here's what I've done thus far: 1. Info.plist has the following entries:

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-03 Thread Kevin Walzer
Don McGuire wrote: I checked the Python 3.0 docs: all Carbon modules are removed, as you stated. So to launch the Help viewer nowadays, are you making calls to Cocoa? Or are you just launching the default web browser and skipping the Help viewer altogether? You can also open the Help Viewer d

Re: [Pythonmac-SIG] Using AHRegisterHelpBook

2009-05-03 Thread Kevin Walzer
Don McGuire wrote: I checked the Python 3.0 docs: all Carbon modules are removed, as you stated. So to launch the Help viewer nowadays, are you making calls to Cocoa? Or are you just launching the default web browser and skipping the Help viewer altogether? User help is one of the trickiest