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Last modified: 21 November 2006

URL: http://cxc.harvard.edu/ciao3.4/bugs/ahelp.html
Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter

Bugs: ahelp


Bugs

  1. Browser support for ahelp"-i" and "-w" options


Bugs

  1. Browser support for ahelp"-i" and "-w" options

    The "-i" and "-w" options - which bring up the help pages in a browser - currently only work with the Netscape browser.

    For Mac OS X users the following scripts can be used to make "ahelp -w" and "ahelp -i" work. The first will use Safari as the browser, whilst the second will use Netscape. Store the script in a file called netscape, make it executable, and place it in a directory in your path.

    For Safari:

    #! /bin/sh 
    url=echo $2 | cut -d\( -f2 | tr -d ')' 
    \open -a Safari $url
    

    For Netscape:

    #! /bin/sh 
    url=echo $2 | cut -d\( -f2 | tr -d ')' 
    \open -a Netscape $url 
    
Hardcopy (PDF): A4 | Letter
Last modified: 21 November 2006


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