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Link toolbox help with Scilab one
How to make hyperlink in toolbox help pointing to Scilab's items
Description
Since Scilab 5.3.1, the hyperlinks in a toolbox help can be used to point on any help pages or to execute demos in the console.
Now you can link a demo Uicontrol demo or execute a script about.sce
Details
To link from two external modules, the syntax is: <link type="scilab" linkend="module_name.help/fun_in_module_name">fun_in_module_name</link> Usually, the name of the function is the id of the page.
To link from a external module to a Scilab function, the syntax is: <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/bvode">bvode</link> Usually, the name of the function is the id of the page.
To enable the execution of a script, the syntax is: <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.exec/macros/fooexec.sce">macros/fooexec.sce</link>
To enable the execution of a demo, the syntax is: <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.demos/mydemo.dem">My demo</link>
Examples
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <refentry xmlns:scilab="http://www.scilab.org" xmlns="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook" xmlns:html="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" xmlns:db="http://docbook.org/ns/docbook"> <refnamediv xml:id="foo"> <refname>Foo</refname> <refpurpose>calculates foo</refpurpose> </refnamediv> <refsection> <!-- Link on Scilab's help --> <para>Firstly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/bvode">bvode</link> in the Scilab Doc</para> <!-- Link on a demo, foodemo must be in toolbox_path/demos/ --> <para>Secondly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.demos/foodemo">My demo</link></para> <!-- the executed macro will be toolbox_path/macros/fooexec.sce --> <para>Thirdly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.exec/macros/fooexec.sce">macros/fooexec.sce</link></para> <!-- a link for erroneous links --> <para>Fourthly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/invalidlink">invalid link</link></para> </refsection> <programlisting role="example"> plot3d() // should link on plot3d </programlisting> </refentry>
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