diff -r 572730077b35 -r 77da430b4080 UI/UserInterface.py
--- a/UI/UserInterface.py Sun Jul 24 15:25:42 2011 +0200
+++ b/UI/UserInterface.py Sun Jul 24 19:22:40 2011 +0200
@@ -4825,18 +4825,20 @@
else:
self.__customViewer(home)
- def launchHelpViewer(self, home, searchWord=None):
+ def launchHelpViewer(self, home, searchWord=None, useSingle=False):
"""
Public slot to start the help viewer.
@param home filename of file to be shown (string)
@keyparam searchWord word to search for (string)
+ @keyparam useSingle flag indicating to use a single browser window (boolean)
"""
if len(home) > 0:
homeUrl = QUrl(home)
if not homeUrl.scheme():
home = QUrl.fromLocalFile(home).toString()
- if not Preferences.getHelp("SingleHelpWindow") or self.helpWindow is None:
+ if not (useSingle or Preferences.getHelp("SingleHelpWindow")) or \
+ self.helpWindow is None:
help = HelpWindow(home, '.', None, 'help viewer', True,
searchWord=searchWord)
@@ -4846,7 +4848,7 @@
else:
help.showMaximized()
- if Preferences.getHelp("SingleHelpWindow"):
+ if useSingle or Preferences.getHelp("SingleHelpWindow"):
self.helpWindow = help
self.helpWindow.helpClosed.connect(self.__helpClosed)
self.preferencesChanged.connect(self.helpWindow.preferencesChanged)
@@ -4889,6 +4891,18 @@
self.trUtf8('Open Browser'),
self.trUtf8('Could not start a web browser'))
+ def getHelpViewer(self, preview=False):
+ """
+ Public method to get a reference to the help window instance.
+
+ @keyparam preview flag indicating to get a help window for preview (boolean)
+ @return reference to the help window instance (HelpWindow)
+ """
+ if self.helpWindow is None:
+ self.launchHelpViewer("", useSingle=True)
+ self.helpWindow.raise_()
+ return self.helpWindow
+
def showPreferences(self, pageName=None):
"""
Public slot to set the preferences.
