jhs makes rendering it a snap html=:gethttp_wgethttp_ 'http://www.jsoftware.com/help/',page,'.htm' jhtml html
that could work for now On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 6:54 AM, Joe Bogner <[email protected]> wrote: > Is there a utility to query the dictionary in the J session without > causing a web browser to open? > > It'd be similar to context sensitive help but brings the result text right > into the session. It might need some logic to reformat the HTML into a > readable plain text representation > > Along those sames lines, is there a way to invoke the help without using > context sensitive help? Something like help ';' even if that opens up the > browser that could be helpful instead of searching manually or typing the > word and hitting ctrl+f1 > > If it's not written already, it looks like it wouldn't be too much work > using jqt as a starting point > > require '~addons/ide/qt/help.ijs' > require '~addons/web/gethttp/gethttp.ijs' > > help=:conew 'jqtide' > > > ] page=.helpsel__help ';' > > NB. dictionary/d330 > > > gethttp_wgethttp_ 'http://www.jsoftware.com/help/',page,'.htm' > > As mentioned, this would need some parsing logic to make it more readable > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
