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GNOME Help Browser Documentation
The GNOME Help Browser is an interface to the various forms of documentation present on your computer, and from other computers via the Internet. This short document will describe the main features of the GNOME Help Browser.Command Line Options
-d, --debug Debug level, add more to increase level
-h HEIGHT Height of window
-w WIDTH Width of window
-x X X position of window
-y Y Y position of window
--display=DISPLAY X display to use
--no-xshm Don't use X shared memory extension
-?, --help Give this help list
--usage Give a short usage message
-V, --version Print program version
Menus
There are several menu entries for the GNOME Help Browser located at the top of the application window. Their behavior should be self-explanatory.Toolbar
The toolbar has several buttons to make using the Help Browser much more convenient. The Next and Prev button cause the browser to go back and forth through the history of the pages you have visited during this session. The Help button brings up this help. The History> button brings up a history of the sites you have visited, and the BMarks button brings up a bookmark listing of sites you've marked in the past.URL Entry Box
The entry box allows you to enter URL's directly. The Help Browser recognizes the following standard and 'magic' URL types:
- http:
- Access document using HTTP transfer protocol.
Examples are:- http://www.gnome.org
- http://www.gnome.org/index.shtml
- http://www.gnome.org/index.shtml#majic
- file:
- Access file on the local filesystem.
Examples are:- file:/home/msf/maji12.html
- file:/usr/man/man1/ls.1
- file:/usr/src/gogo/README
- whatis:
- Do a subtring search of document names.
Possible forms are:- whatis:ls
- whatis:xman
- toc:
- Load a table of contents of available documents.
Possible forms are:- toc:
- toc:man
- toc:info
- toc:ghelp
- man:
- Load a manual page.
Examples are:- man:ls
- man:ls(1)
- info:
- Load a GNU info page.
Examples are:- info:emacs
- info:emacs#Top
- ghelp:
- Load a GNOME help for an application.
NOTE:Not much documentation in this format exists currently.
Examples are:- ghelp:help-browser