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healpix_doc


This IDL facility displays HTML or PDF HEALPix documentation


Location in HEALPix directory tree: src/idl/misc/healpix_doc.pro


FORMAT

IDL> healpix_doc, [HTML=| PDF=] [, HELP=, WHOLE=]


KEYWORDS


HELP=
if set, an extensive help on healpix_doc is displayed.
HTML=
if set, the HEALPix (IDL) HTML documentation is shown with a web browser. If the browser is already in use, a new tab is open.
PDF=
if set, the HEALPix (IDL) PDF documentation is shown with a pdf viewer.
Either HTML or PDF must be set.
WHOLE=
if set, the whole HEALPix documentation is accessible, not just the IDL related part.


DESCRIPTION


healpix_doc calls Online_help to open either the HTML or PDF HEALPix documentation. The browser and viewer used are those found by the $IDL_DIR/bin/online_help_html and $IDL_DIR/bin/online_help_pdf scripts respectively. The content of the !healpix system variable is used to determine the documentation path.


RELATED ROUTINES

This section lists the routines related to healpix_doc


idl
version 6.1 or more is necessary to run healpix_doc.
!HEALPIX
IDL system variable defined by healpix_doc.


EXAMPLE # 1:

healpix_doc, /html, /whole

will open the whole HEALPix HTML documentation in a web browser.

EXAMPLE # 2:

healpix_doc, /pdf

will open the IDL related HEALPix PDF documentation.

Eric Hivon 2010-06-18
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