Is there any editor support python?

Andrew Brown killspam at darwinwars.com
Sat Sep 8 05:45:55 EDT 2001


"Neil Hodgson" <nhodgson at bigpond.net.au> wrote in
<yspj7.696$jK5.5475 at news-server.bigpond.net.au>: 

>   The documentation should make this a bit more explicit. SciTE's help
>command is not for generic help about SciTE (which would be a good
>feature to add) but for context-sensitive help for the language of the
>current file. To set this up with ActivePython's help files, the
>following properties can be used:
>
>if PLAT_WIN
>  command.help.*.py=$(CurrentWord)!C:\Python21\Documentation\Python.chm
>  command.help.subsystem.*.py=4
>
> Watch for line wrap on the command.help.*.py line and use the right
> path to 
>find your installation of ActivePython documentation. Once this is set
>up, pressing F1 while the caret is within a word (such as a module,
>function or method) will display help with the index positioned on that
>word if there is help available for it. You can also use other help
>systems such as running WinHelp, a browser or man on linux.
>


Soes this method work for multiple help files? In other words, could I set 
it up to search the html help for qt as well? They are not in .chm format, 
and a quick attempt at compiling them on a Windows system failed. But it 
would be very useful to be able to search multiple help files.



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