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
