Hi Calvin
Method 2 is well supported by QGIS. Put the help in index.html in the plugin
directory, then
def showMyPluginHelp(self):
from qgis import utils
utils.showPluginHelp()
The showPluginHelp function will look for index.html by default, but you can
specify a filename to use instead of index.
It also has a section argument which will go to an html anchor in the help file
(<a name="mysection">...</a>
https://github.com/qgis/QGIS/blob/master/python/utils.py#L441
I'm not sure if this is in the PyQt developers cookbook or in plugin builder?
Cheers
Chri
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From: Qgis-developer [qgis-developer-boun...@lists.osgeo.org] On Behalf Of C
Hamilton [adenacult...@gmail.com]
Sent: 19 November 2016 09:13
To: qgis-developer
Subject: [Qgis-developer] Best Practice for QGIS Plugin Help Documentation
As part of my plugins I want to have a Help button that displays the
documentation. What method do you recommend? I see various authors do it
differently. I see three methods for when a help button is clicked on.
1. Launch a web browser to point to the documentation on the web.
2. Have the documentation as a part of the plugin and launch a web browser to
view it.
3. Display a PyQt window with the documentation in it.
I don't consider #1 as a good option because it fails if you happen to be
disconnected from the web. What are your thoughts on #2 or #3 or do you have a
better option?
Thanks,
Calvin
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