USAGE

The module presents two packages, "Prima::HelpViewer" and "Prima::PodViewWindow". Their sole purpose is to serve as a mediator between "Prima::PodView" package, the toolkit help interface and the user. "Prima::PodViewWindow" includes all the user functionality, including ( but not limited to :) text search, color and font setup, printing etc. "Prima::HelpViewer" provides two methods - "open" and "close", used by "Prima::Application" for help viewer invocation.

Help

The browser can be used to view and print POD ( plain old documentation ) files. See the command overview below for more detailed description:

File

Open

Presents a file selection dialog, when the user can select a file to browse in the viewer. The file must contain POD content, otherwise a warning is displayed.

Goto

Asks for a manpage, that is searched in PATH and the installation directories.

New window

Opens the new viewer window with the same context.

Run

Commands in this group call external processes

p-class

p-class is Prima utility for displaying the widget class hierachies. The command asks for Prima class to display the hierachy information for.

Print

Provides a dialog, when the user can select the appropriate printer device and its options.

Prints the current topic to the selected printer.

If ``Full text view'' menu item is checked, prints the whole manpage.

Close window

Closes the window.

Close all windows

Closes all help viewer windows.

View

Increase font

Increases the currently selected font by 2 points.

Decrease font

Decreases the currently selected font by 2 points.

Full text view

If checked, the whole manpage is displayed. Otherwise, its content is presented as a set of topic, and only one topic is displayed.

Find

Presents a find dialog, where the user can select the text to search and the search options - the search direction, scope, and others.

Find again

Starts search for the text, entered in the last find dialog, with the same search options.

Fast find

The following commands provide a simple vi-style text search functionality - character keys ?,/,n,N bound to the commands below:

Forward

Presents an input line where a text can be entered; the text search is performed parallel to the input.

Backward

Same as Forward option, except that the serach direction is backwards.

Repeat forward

Repeat the search in the same direction as the initial search was being invoked.

Repeat backward

Repeat the search in the reverse direction as the initial search was being invoked.

Setup

Presents a setup dialog, where the user can select appropriate fonts and colors.

Go

Back

Displays the previously visited manpage ( or topic )

Forward

Displays the previously visited manpage ( or topic ), that was left via Back command.

Up

Displays the upper level topic within a manpage.

Previous

Moves to the previous topic within a manpage.

Next

Moves to the next topic within a manpage.

Help

About

Displays the information about the help viewer.

Help

Displays the information about the usage of the help viewer

AUTHOR

Dmitry Karasik, <[email protected]>.

COPYRIGHT

This program is distributed under the BSD License.