comparison scripts/gui/helpdlg.m @ 17700:dba2e06dcdb5

maint: Move scripts/ui directory into scripts/gui directory. * scripts/gui/errordlg.m, scripts/gui/helpdlg.m, scripts/gui/inputdlg.m, scripts/gui/listdlg.m, scripts/gui/msgbox.m, scripts/gui/private/message_dialog.m, scripts/gui/questdlg.m, scripts/gui/warndlg.m: Moved from scripts/ui directory. * scripts/gui/module.mk: Add scripts to build system. * scripts/Makefile.am: Remove include for ui/module.mk * scripts/ui/module.mk: Remove unused file.
author Rik <rik@octave.org>
date Sat, 19 Oct 2013 12:05:50 -0700
parents scripts/ui/helpdlg.m@bc924baa2c4e
children d63878346099
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1 ## Copyright (C) 2010 Martin Hepperle
2 ##
3 ## This file is part of Octave.
4 ##
5 ## Octave is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
6 ## under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
7 ## the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at
8 ## your option) any later version.
9 ##
10 ## Octave is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
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14 ##
15 ## You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
16 ## along with Octave; see the file COPYING. If not, see
17 ## <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
18
19 ## -*- texinfo -*-
20 ## @deftypefn {Function File} {@var{h} =} helpdlg (@var{msg})
21 ## @deftypefnx {Function File} {@var{h} =} helpdlg (@var{msg}, @var{title})
22 ## Display @var{msg} in a help dialog box.
23 ##
24 ## The message may have multiple lines separated by newline characters
25 ## ("\n"), or it may be a cellstr array with one element for each
26 ## line. The optional input @var{title} (character string) can be used to
27 ## set the dialog caption. The default title is @qcode{"Help Dialog"}.
28 ##
29 ## The return value is always 1.
30 ## @seealso{errordlg, inputdlg, listdlg, msgbox, questdlg, warndlg}
31 ## @end deftypefn
32
33 function retval = helpdlg (msg, title = "Help Dialog")
34
35 if (nargin < 1 || nargin > 2)
36 print_usage ();
37 endif
38
39 retval = message_dialog ("helpdlg", msg, title, "help");
40
41 endfunction
42
43
44 %!demo
45 %! disp ('- test helpdlg with a help message only.');
46 %! helpdlg ("Below, you should see 3 lines:\nline #1\nline #2, and\nline #3.");
47
48 %!demo
49 %! disp ('- test helpdlg with help message and caption.');
50 %! helpdlg ('You should see a single line.','A help dialog');
51