Help API

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The Help API allows you to mess around with the help files.

Methods

Method name Description
path() Returns the path the help API has been set to
setPath(string path) Sets the path of the API to path
lookup(string topic) Looks up the help file for topic
topic() Returns a table of valid help topics

help.path

Function help.path
Syntax help.path()
Returns string path of help API
Description Returns the current path for the help API

Examples

Description Prints the current path for the help API
Code
print(help.path())
Output /rom/help



help.setPath

Function help.setPath
Syntax help.setPath(string path)
Returns nil
Description Sets a new path for the help API

Examples

Description Sets the path of the help API to /disk/help
Code
help.setPath("/disk/help")



help.lookup

Function help.lookup
Syntax help.lookup(string topic)
Returns string path of help file for topic or nil
Description Looks up the path for a help file using the help.path() directory.

Examples

Description Looks up the path for the disk api
Code
print(help.lookup("disk"))
Output /rom/help/disk



help.topics

Function help.topics
Syntax help.topics()
Returns table all valid topics
Description Lists all valid help topics

Examples

Description Lists all valid help topics
Code
for i,v in pairs(help.topics()) do print(v) end
Output List of all valid help topics
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