Opened 8 years ago
Last modified 8 years ago
#324 closed task
Change hardcoded lucide_en.hlp to reference %LUCIDEHELP% and set variable during install — at Initial Version
Reported by: | Lewis Rosenthal | Owned by: | |
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Priority: | minor | Milestone: | 1.4.0 |
Component: | Lucide Core | Version: | 1.4.0 |
Keywords: | Cc: |
Description
This will help with NLS issues, as well.
The goals here are:
- Move away from a hardcoded filename in lucide.cpp;
- Allow for appending plugin-specific help guides (and others) to the variable;
- Allow for substituting any help file for Lucide's help file;
The test WIS currently sets/appends to the following in CONFIG.SYS:
- HELP
- BOOKSHELF
- LUCIDEINSTALLPATH
- LUCIDEHELP
We could even add LUCIDEHELPPATH for greater flexibility.
For plugins, the idea is to have plugin authors provide plugin-specific help and to append such files to %LUCIDEHELP% so they are loaded at once. The last page of Lucide's own user's guide will be titled Appendix and contain text indicating that third-party plugin help will appear in subsequent pages.
I have a test help file in progress for the GBM plugin which illustrates this concept.