dtsdlfile(4) UNIX System V (1 August 1995) dtsdlfile(4)
NAME
dtsdlfile - CDE runtime help volume files
DESCRIPTION
Semantic Delivery Language (sdl) files are used for
presenting online information or application specific
contextual help information in CDE. They are refered to as
Help Volumes, and contain the equivalent of a runtime
version of the original, authored help information. Help
Volumes can be viewed via one of the two CDE help dialog
widgets provided as part of the CDE Development Environment.
File Generation
Refer to the dthelptag(1) man page for detailed information
on the creation of *.sdl files within CDE.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
The CDE Help system uses two environment variables for
locating Help volumes and Family files within the desktop
environment:
DTHELPSEARCHPATH
System search path environment variable
for locating Help volumes on local and/or
remote nfs mounted systems.
DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH
Users search path environment variable for
locating user specific Help volumes on
local and/or remote nfs mounted systems.
The environment variables contain colon-separated lists of
directory paths. Each directory path can contain
environment variable names as well as special field
descriptors that are expanded at runtime.
Field descriptors consist of a % followed by a single
character. Field descriptors and their substitution values
are:
%H This value is replaced with the current
volume or Family name being searched for.
%L Replaced with the current value of the
LANG environment variable.
%% Replaced with a single %.
The default value for DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH is:
$HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H:
$HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H.sdl:
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$HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H.hv:
$HOME/.dt/help/%H:
$HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl:
$HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv
The DTHELPUSERSEARCH is first searched for the requested
volume. If the volume is not found, the DTHELPSEARCHPATH
value is searched.
The default value for DTHELPSEARCHPATH path is:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl:
/etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl:
/usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv
SEE ALSO
DtCreateHelpDialog(3), DtCreateQuickHelpDialog(3),
dthelptag(1), CDE Help System Author's and Programmer's
Guide
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