1.8 Using Help
The Boa Constructor environment provides links to different help files
from your environment. These are Boa Constructor Application Help, wxPython
Help and Python Language Help. Custom help can be added by defining them
in Explorer.(msw|gtk).cfg as new entries in the customhelp dictionary
under [preferences].
The help window provides standard HTML based navigation and a search
facility.
If the help does not display correctly, you may need to configure your
environment.
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The Python or wxPython help may fail to display if the path to the installed
Python directory is incorrect. The path to the Python help is in the platform
preferences file. This is PrefMSW.py for Windows and PrefGTK.py for UNIX.
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The wxPython help may fail to display if it is not in HTML form. Your wxPython
distribution may store their help in Compiled HTML (chm) rather than standard
HTML (html/htm). The Boa Contructor tool cannot display compiled HTML.
Instead, you should download the HTML version of the documentation from
the wxPython site.
Another good reference for understanding the wxPython functionality is
the wxPython Demonstration. This should be in the directory demo, under
your wxPython directory. You can locate the demo.py file using the 'Explorer'
on the Editor window. Expand the sys.path option. The wxPython directory
will be either under the <Python root> or under the site-packages directory.
The demo.py is in the demo directory which is a sub-directory of wxPython.