Re: How to access html and pdf help from xfig

[Igor Pechtchanski <pechtcha at cs dot nyu dot edu>]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2003, Billinghurst, David (CALCRTS) wrote:

> Thanks for xfig.
>
> The following changes will enable access to html and pdf help,
> using internet explorer and win32 acrobat reader.  The path to
> the windows applications will need to match your local setup.
>
> 1. Create a helper script /usr/local/bin/acroread
>
> #!/bin/sh
> ACROREAD="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Adobe/Acrobat/Reader/AcroRd32.exe"
> exec "${ACROREAD}" `cygpath -w $1`
>
> 2. Create a helper script /usr/local/bin/iexplore
>
> #!/bin/sh
> IEXPLORE="/cygdrive/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe"
> exec "${IEXPLORE}" `cygpath -w $1`
>
> 3.  Change /etc/X11/app-defaults/Fig
>
> $ diff -u Fig.orig Fig
> --- Fig.orig    2003-09-24 10:44:13.507721200 +1000
> +++ Fig 2003-09-24 10:50:57.411386200 +1000
> @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
>  !              This is for viewing the xfig html reference.
>  ! For netscape, this command will open the help pages in a running netscape,
>  !     or start a new netscape if one isn't already running
> -Fig.browser:   netscape -remote 'openFile(%f)' || netscape %f
> +Fig.browser:                   iexplore %f
>
>  ! pdfviewer - put your favorite pdf viewer here.
>  !              This is for viewing the xfig how-to guide and man pages
>
> There may be a better may, but this works work me.

Try "cygstart %f" for both HTML and PDF, with no helper scripts. ;-)
This will do the path translation automatically and open the application
associated with each of the extensions in Explorer (just like
double-clicking).
	Igor
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