Re: [MacPerl] MacPerl Help Menu

["J. Douglas Dunlop" <dunlop@eol.ists.ca>]

Ron:

>Hereās Dumb Question #44
>
>How can I read MacPerl Help? This is pretty basic, I know. When I click
>on a topic in Help, eg, Overview of MacPerl, I receive a dialog box that
>says: Could not find helper for "file". Do you want to create one?  For
>"file", you should specify a WWW browser as the helper.
>
>Then I have the option to launch Internet Config. When I do, and do what
>I think should work, it doesnāt change the situation. I just donāt get
>it.
>
>Thanks for your help.
>
>Ron Pero
>rpero@boone.net

I believe what you now need to do is to use "Internet Config" to set the
Helper for "pod" to "Shuck". Shuck is a program that now comes with the
latest release of MacPerl for reading Perl's "plain old documentation"
files directly.

Regards,
Doug



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