diff scripts/help/doc.m @ 17029:359c5ca795cd

Display doc info pages using documentation browser when in GUI mode (Bug #39451) * scripts/help/doc.m: call __octave_link_show_doc if in gui mode. * libinterp/corefcn/octave-link.h, libinterp/corefcn/octave-link.cc (octave_link::show_doc): New function. (octave_link::do_show_doc): New virtual function. (__octave_link_show_doc__): New function. * libgui/src/octave-qt-link.h (octave_qt_link::show_doc_signal): New signal. (octave_qt_link::do_show_doc): New function. * libgui/src/documentation-dock-widget.cc, libgui/src/documentation-dock-widget.h (documentation_dock_widget::showDoc): New function. * libgui/src/main-window.cc, libgui/src/main-window.h (main_window::construct_octave_qt_link): connect handle_show_doc. (main_window::handle_show_doc): New function. (main_window::show_doc_signal): New signal. * libgui/src/qtinfo/parser.cc, libgui/src/qtinfo/parser.h (parser::find_ref): New function. * libgui/src/qtinfo/webinfo.cc, libgui/src/qtinfo/webinfo.h (webinfo::load_ref): New function.
author John Donoghue <john.donoghue@ieee.org>
date Sat, 20 Jul 2013 22:13:51 -0400
parents 0272bb60408a
children f4c8c66faf34
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--- a/scripts/help/doc.m
+++ b/scripts/help/doc.m
@@ -53,53 +53,60 @@
       fname = "";
     endif
 
-    if (ftype == 2 || ftype == 3)
-      ffile = which (fname);
-    else
-      ffile = "";
-    endif
-
-    if (isempty (ffile))
-      info_dir = octave_config_info ("infodir");
+    # if GUI is running, let it display the function
+    if isguirunning ()
+      __octave_link_show_doc__ (fname);
     else
-      info_dir = fileparts (ffile);
-    endif
-
-    ## Determine if a file called doc.info exist in the same
-    ## directory as the function.
+  
+      if (ftype == 2 || ftype == 3)
+        ffile = which (fname);
+      else
+        ffile = "";
+      endif
 
-    info_file_name = fullfile (info_dir, "doc.info");
-
-    [stat_info, err] = stat (info_file_name);
+      if (isempty (ffile))
+        info_dir = octave_config_info ("infodir");
+      else
+        info_dir = fileparts (ffile);
+      endif
 
-    if (err < 0)
-      info_file_name = info_file ();
-    endif
+      ## Determine if a file called doc.info exist in the same
+      ## directory as the function.
+
+      info_file_name = fullfile (info_dir, "doc.info");
+
+      [stat_info, err] = stat (info_file_name);
 
-    ## FIXME -- don't change the order of the arguments below because
-    ## the info-emacs-info script currently expects --directory DIR as
-    ## the third and fourth arguments.  Someone should fix that.
+      if (err < 0)
+        info_file_name = info_file ();
+      endif
+
+      ## FIXME -- don't change the order of the arguments below because
+      ## the info-emacs-info script currently expects --directory DIR as
+      ## the third and fourth arguments.  Someone should fix that.
+
+      cmd = sprintf ("\"%s\" --file \"%s\" --directory \"%s\"",
+                     info_program (), info_file_name, info_dir);
+
+      have_fname = ! isempty (fname);
 
-    cmd = sprintf ("\"%s\" --file \"%s\" --directory \"%s\"",
-                   info_program (), info_file_name, info_dir);
+      if (have_fname)
+        status = system (sprintf ("%s --index-search \"%s\"", cmd, fname));
+      endif
+   
 
-    have_fname = ! isempty (fname);
+      if (! (have_fname && status == 0))
+        status = system (cmd);
+        if (status == 127)
+          warning ("unable to find info program '%s'", info_program ());
+        endif
+      endif
 
-    if (have_fname)
-      status = system (sprintf ("%s --index-search \"%s\"", cmd, fname));
+      if (nargout > 0)
+        retval = status;
+      endif
+
     endif
-
-    if (! (have_fname && status == 0))
-      status = system (cmd);
-      if (status == 127)
-        warning ("unable to find info program '%s'", info_program ());
-      endif
-    endif
-
-    if (nargout > 0)
-      retval = status;
-    endif
-
   else
     print_usage ();
   endif