wxWidgets/wxPython/wx/tools/helpviewer.py
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#----------------------------------------------------------------------
# Name: wx.tools.helpviewer
# Purpose: HTML Help viewer
#
# Author: Robin Dunn
#
# Created: 11-Dec-2002
# RCS-ID: $Id$
# Copyright: (c) 2002 by Total Control Software
# Licence: wxWindows license
#----------------------------------------------------------------------
"""
helpviewer.py -- Displays HTML Help in a wxHtmlHelpController window.
Usage:
helpviewer [--cache=path] helpfile [helpfile(s)...]
Where helpfile is the path to either a .hhp file or a .zip file
which contians a .hhp file. The .hhp files are the same as those
used by Microsoft's HTML Help Workshop for creating CHM files.
"""
import sys, os
#---------------------------------------------------------------------------
def makeOtherFrame(helpctrl):
import wx
parent = helpctrl.GetFrame()
otherFrame = wx.Frame(parent)
def main(args=sys.argv):
if len(args) < 2:
print __doc__
return
args = args[1:]
cachedir = None
if args[0][:7] == '--cache':
cachedir = os.path.expanduser(args[0].split('=')[1])
args = args[1:]
if len(args) == 0:
print __doc__
return
import wx
import wx.html
app = wx.PySimpleApp()
#wx.Log.SetActiveTarget(wx.LogStderr())
wx.Log.SetLogLevel(wx.LOG_Error)
# Set up the default config so the htmlhelp frame can save its preferences
app.SetVendorName('wxWindows')
app.SetAppName('helpviewer')
cfg = wx.ConfigBase.Get()
# Add the Zip filesystem
wx.FileSystem.AddHandler(wx.ZipFSHandler())
# Create the viewer
helpctrl = wx.html.HtmlHelpController()
if cachedir:
helpctrl.SetTempDir(cachedir)
# and add the books
for helpfile in args:
print "Adding %s..." % helpfile
helpctrl.AddBook(helpfile, 1)
# The frame used by the HtmlHelpController is set to not prevent
# app exit, so in the case of a standalone helpviewer like this
# when the about box or search box is closed the help frame will
# be the only one left and the app will close unexpectedly. To
# work around this we'll create another frame that is never shown,
# but which will be closed when the helpviewer frame is closed.
wx.CallAfter(makeOtherFrame, helpctrl)
# start it up!
helpctrl.DisplayContents()
app.MainLoop()
if __name__ == '__main__':
main()