# # help should use 'open' to find a suitable browser, but only # if there is a mime database _and_ DISPLAY is set, since the # browser will most likely be graphical. Since most systems which # have a mime databe also have the htmlview program, this is mostly a # theoretical problem. # function help -d (N_ "Show help for the fish shell") # Declare variables to set correct scope set -l fish_browser set -l fish_browser_bg set -l h syntax completion editor job-control todo bugs history killring help set h $h color prompt title variables builtin-overview changes expand set h $h expand-variable expand-home expand-brace expand-wildcard set -l help_topics $h expand-command-substitution expand-process # 'help -h' should launch 'help help' if count $argv >/dev/null switch $argv[1] case -h --h --he --hel --help set argv help end end # # Find a suitable browser for viewing the help pages. This is needed # by the help function defined below. # set -l graphical_browsers htmlview x-www-browser firefox galeon mozilla konqueror epiphany opera netscape set -l text_browsers htmlview www-browser links elinks lynx w3m if test $BROWSER # User has manualy set a preferred browser, so we respect that set fish_browser $BROWSER # If browser is known to be graphical, put into background if contains -- $BROWSER $graphical_browsers set fish_browser_bg 1 end else # Check for a text-based browser. for i in $text_browsers if type -f $i >/dev/null set fish_browser $i break end end # If we are in a graphical environment, check if there is a graphical # browser to use instead. if test "$DISPLAY" -a \( "$XAUTHORITY" = "$HOME/.Xauthority" -o "$XAUTHORITY" = "" \) for i in $graphical_browsers if type -f $i >/dev/null set fish_browser $i set fish_browser_bg 1 break end end end end if test -z $fish_browser printf (_ '%s: Could not find a web browser.\n') help printf (_ 'Please set the variable $BROWSER to a suitable browser and try again\n\n') return 1 end set fish_help_item $argv[1] switch "$fish_help_item" case "" set fish_help_page index.html case "." set fish_help_page "commands.html\#source" case difference set fish_help_page difference.html case globbing set fish_help_page "index.html\#expand" # This command substitution should locate all commands with # documentation. It's a bit of a hack, since it relies on the # Doxygen markup format to never change. case (sed -n < $__fish_help_dir/commands.html -e "s/.*