## GPE simple help

GPE simple help — Call external help browser.

## Synopsis

    gboolean    gpe_show_help                   (const char *appname,
                                                 const char *topic);

## Description

Simple interface to provide a call for an external application to display help information. Currently this is fixed to a list of help browsers (gpe-helpviewer, dillo, minimo, osb-browser). The help system is configured in /etc/gpe/gpe-help.conf.

## Details

### gpe_show_help ()

    gboolean    gpe_show_help                   (const char *appname,
                                                 const char *topic);

This function provides a generic interface for displaying full text online help. It is intended to be independent from file format and location. Return value is FALSE if help is found and displayed, TRUE if an error occurs.

`appname` : | Name of the application to show help about.
`topic` : | String describing help topic.
Returns : | TRUE if an error occured, FALSE otherwise.