1/*  Part of XPCE --- The SWI-Prolog GUI toolkit
    2
    3    Author:        Jan Wielemaker and Anjo Anjewierden
    4    E-mail:        jan@swi.psy.uva.nl
    5    WWW:           http://www.swi.psy.uva.nl/projects/xpce/
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   34
   35:- module(pce_help_file,
   36          [ pce_help_file/2,
   37            pce_help/2
   38          ]).   39:- use_module(library(pce)).   40:- require([ atomic_list_concat/2
   41           , is_absolute_file_name/1
   42           ]).   43
   44:- multifile
   45    user:file_search_path/2.   46:- dynamic
   47    user:file_search_path/2.   48
   49user:file_search_path(pce_help, pce('appl-help')).
   50
   51:- pce_autoload(helper, library(pce_helper)).   52:- pce_global(@helper, new(helper)).
   53
   54:- dynamic
   55    resource/3.   56
   57/* - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
   58This module is closely  connected  to   library(pce_helper).   It  is  a
   59separate module to allow the execution of the directive pce_help_file/2,
   60to register a new help database without   forcing the entire help system
   61to be loaded.
   62
   63Loading this module (normally through the   autoloader  or the require/1
   64directive)  will  make  the  necessary    pce_global   and  pce_autoload
   65declarations to load the help-system itself as soon as it is referenced.
   66- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - */

 pce_help_file(+DataBaseId, +FileName)

Declare `FileName' to hold a helper-format file holding the help-database `DataBaseId'. FileName will be converted into an absolute filename. Normally used as a directive.

   74pce_help_file(Id, FileName) :-
   75    (   atom(FileName),
   76        \+ is_absolute_file_name(FileName)
   77    ->  prolog_load_context(directory, Cwd),
   78        atomic_list_concat([Cwd, /, FileName], Path)
   79    ;   Path = FileName
   80    ),
   81    retractall(resource(Id, help, Path)),
   82    asserta(resource(Id, help, Path)).

 pce_help(+DataBaseId, +Label)

Start @helper/helper on the help module `DataBaseId', searching for a fragment with label `Label'. Normally invoked through the send directly.

   90pce_help(DataBase, Label) :-
   91    send(@helper, give_help, DataBase, Label)