source: tags/arb_5.1/HELP_SOURCE/oldhelp/arb_envar.hlp

Last change on this file was 5711, checked in by westram, 15 years ago
  • can show *.pdf from ARB help (done same way as *ps)
  • arb.ps → arb.pdf
  • help history
    • wrap around
    • dont add pages twice
    • get_full_qualified_help_file_name now returns "" if helpfilename is "" (previously return help directory, which was added to help history then)
    • do not delete help-history when a 'HELP' button is pressed
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1#Please insert up references in the next lines (line starts with keyword UP)
2UP      arb.hlp
3UP      glossary.hlp
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5#Please insert subtopic references  (line starts with keyword SUB)
6#SUB    subtopic.hlp
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8# Hypertext links in helptext can be added like this: LINK{ref.hlp|http://add|bla@domain}
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10#************* Title of helpfile !! and start of real helpfile ********
11TITLE           ARB environment variables
12
13OCCURRENCE      Anywhere
14
15DESCRIPTION     Arb is aware of several environment variables:
16
17                    ARBHOME
18
19                        Should be set to the arb install directory
20                        (usually /usr/arb)
21
22                    LD_LIBRARY_PATH
23
24                        path to system libraries (should contain $ARBHOME/lib (i.e. /usr/arb/lib if $ARBHOME is /usr/arb)).
25                        Set by the 'arb' script.
26
27
28                    ARB_TEXTEDIT
29
30                        The name of the editor you like to use when editing textlike files via ARB
31                        (default: arb_textedit)
32
33                    ARB_XTERM
34
35                            The call which is needed to create a normal xterm
36                            (default: xterm -sl 1000 -sb -geometry 120x40 )
37
38                    ARB_XCMD
39
40                            The call which is needed to create a xterm invoking external programs
41                            (default: xterm -sl 1000 -sb -geometry 140x30 -e ).
42
43                    USER
44
45                            your username (normally set by shell).
46
47                    ARB_PID
48
49                            internal PID for communication (set by the 'arb' script)
50
51                    ARBMACRO
52
53                            directory name where global ARB-macros may be provides by system administrator
54                            (default: $ARBHOME/lib/macros )
55
56                    ARBMACROHOME
57
58                            directory name where your local ARB-macros will be saved to/loaded from
59                            (default: $HOME/.arb_prop/macros )
60
61                    ARB_GS
62
63                            name of postscript viewer used by ARB
64                            (default: 'gv' or 'ghostview')
65
66                    ARB_PDFVIEW
67
68                            name of pdf viewer used by ARB
69                            (default: 'epdfview' or 'acroread' or 'gv')
70
71                    ARB_WORKDIR
72
73                            extra directory appearing in ARB-File-Browsers
74                            (default: none)
75
76                    ARB_DOC
77
78                            directory where ARB searches for *.ps, *.ps.gz, *.pdf
79                            and *.pdf.gz (default: $ARBHOME/lib/help)
80
81NOTES           Short description of how to set an environment variable:
82
83                        1. for bash users (add to .bashrc):
84
85                           ARB_GS='my_special_postscript_viewer'
86                           export  ARB_GS
87
88                        2. for tcsh users (add to .cshrc):
89
90                           setenv ARB_GS 'my_special_postscript_viewer'
91
92EXAMPLES        None
93
94WARNINGS        None
95
96BUGS            No bugs known
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