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RE: [platform-ua-dev] Assigning a static port number forhelpin external browser
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Ah I know why.. it's because the help
server hasn't started up again. It only starts up when someone requests
help (on demand). Unfortunately it has no way of knowing your browser is
trying to get help because in order to know that it would need to have
the app server started and listening to the port. Unfortunately I do not
see a simple way to accomplish this at the moment. You can open an enhancement
to request this if you like. Here are some alternative approaches I can
think of at the moment; some of them may not be feasible for you but I'll
mention them anyway.
1. Have your plugin set a flag that
it has to poke the help system on startup so that the help server will
automatically start up again next time
2. Store the tutorial as static html
files in the workspace metadata, like PDE does for previewing schema documentation
3. Have your plugin manage a separate
local infocenter to host the tutorial.
4. Store the tutorial content on a public
infocenter.
5. Notify the user that they'll have
to reopen help on startup to continue the tutorial.
Thanks,
Curtis d'Entremont
Eclipse User Assistance
IBM Toronto Lab
Phone: (905) 413-5754
E-Mail: curtispd@xxxxxxxxxx
"Steven Traut"
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Looks like the connection’s
getting refused. For the static port number, I’m using one of the numbers
given to me by Eclipse when it was setting them dynamically. Is there a
better choice?
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Traut
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Subject: RE: [platform-ua-dev] Assigning a static port number forhelpin
external browser
Thanks, Curtis. The port number
does indeed remain the same between IDE instances. Unfortunately, after
IDE restart links in the (still-open) help browser are no-op. Neither topic
links nor the TOC respond to clicking – there’s a bit of hourglass, then
nothing.
Am I missing something?
Thanks,
Steve
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D'Entremont
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Subject: Re: [platform-ua-dev] Assigning a static port number for helpin
external browser
Hi Steve,
You can use the port preference for the org.eclipse.help.appserver plugin:
http://help.eclipse.org/help31/topic/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/help_preferences.html
This preference is also exposed in the UI under the Help -> Help Server
preference page.
Thanks,
Curtis d'Entremont
Eclipse User Assistance
IBM Toronto Lab
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Hello – Is it possible to specify that the IDE should use the same port
number for retrieving help? It appears that Eclipse changes the port number
on IDE restart when an external browser is used.
I’m not using infocenter, where I see a port number can be specified.
This is local help. The problem goes like this:
1 User is in the IDE, launches help (in an external browser) to work through
a tutorial.
2 The tutorial requests that the user change workspace, or restart the
IDE.
3 The browser instance remains open, but when the IDE has restarted, its
links can no longer be reached. The user has to restart help and find the
topic they were in to keep going.
Thanks,
Steve
Staff Technical Writer, Workshop team
503.929.0434
YIM: straut_bea
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