Sometimes when I right click on a defined function in a procedure, like "make", and then select Help for make, I go directly to the documentation. And sometimes, although I don't feel I've changed anything, I get the Help Browser. I immensely prefer the documentation, since what I usually need is specifications for a flag or something. How can I insure that it's the documentation, not the help browser, which appears?
Just realized, I had closed the Igor Reference.ihf. So when I select "Help for make" it is taking me to the Help Browser, instead of opening a new Igor Reference.ihf.
Can I make "open new Igor Reference.ihf if not already open" default?
It would not be practical; that means it would take a very long time for any incorrectly typed command to be reported as incorrect if we each time searched for inadvertently-closed help files.
--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.
February 23, 2015 at 10:39 am - Permalink
Macintosh too.
To open the help file for an external operation or function, execute:
February 23, 2015 at 10:53 am - Permalink
Any ideas why the help browser is showing up?
February 23, 2015 at 11:20 am - Permalink
Can I make "open new Igor Reference.ihf if not already open" default?
February 23, 2015 at 11:22 am - Permalink
No. I recommend that you leave the Igor Reference file open.
Note that clicking the close box on a help file hides the file. To close it you have to option-click or alt-click the close box.
February 23, 2015 at 01:14 pm - Permalink
"Hide Window" is your friend.
--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.
February 23, 2015 at 01:35 pm - Permalink