HelpFile can be a URL

Author: d0vgan

NppExec/src/NppExec.cpp

@@ -4100,35 +4100,39 @@ void CNppExec::OnHelpManual()
             }
         }
 
-        sHelpFile.Replace( _T('/'), _T('\\') );
-        if ( NppExecHelpers::IsFullPath(sHelpFile) )
+        const bool isURL = (sHelpFile.Find(_T("://")) > 0);
+        if ( !isURL )
         {
-            if ( !NppExecHelpers::CheckFileExists(sHelpFile) )
-                return; // file does not exist, nothing to do
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            // sHelpFile is a relative pathname
-            if ( sHelpFile.GetFirstChar() == _T('\\') )
-                sHelpFile.DeleteFirstChar();
-
-            // first, trying the folder at the level of NppExec.dll
-            tstr sHelpFilePath = getPluginDllPath();
-            sHelpFilePath += _T('\\');
-            sHelpFilePath += sHelpFile;
-            if ( !NppExecHelpers::CheckFileExists(sHelpFilePath) )
+            sHelpFile.Replace( _T('/'), _T('\\') );
+            if ( NppExecHelpers::IsFullPath(sHelpFile) )
+            {
+                if ( !NppExecHelpers::CheckFileExists(sHelpFile) )
+                    return; // file does not exist, nothing to do
+            }
+            else
             {
-                // then, trying the folder one level upper
-                sHelpFilePath = NppExecHelpers::GetFileNamePart(getPluginDllPath(), NppExecHelpers::fnpDirPath);
+                // sHelpFile is a relative pathname
+                if ( sHelpFile.GetFirstChar() == _T('\\') )
+                    sHelpFile.DeleteFirstChar();
+
+                // first, trying the folder at the level of NppExec.dll
+                tstr sHelpFilePath = getPluginDllPath();
+                sHelpFilePath += _T('\\');
                 sHelpFilePath += sHelpFile;
                 if ( !NppExecHelpers::CheckFileExists(sHelpFilePath) )
-                    return; // file does not exist, nothing to do
+                {
+                    // then, trying the folder one level upper
+                    sHelpFilePath = NppExecHelpers::GetFileNamePart(getPluginDllPath(), NppExecHelpers::fnpDirPath);
+                    sHelpFilePath += sHelpFile;
+                    if ( !NppExecHelpers::CheckFileExists(sHelpFilePath) )
+                        return; // file does not exist, nothing to do
+                }
+                sHelpFile.Swap(sHelpFilePath);
             }
-            sHelpFile.Swap(sHelpFilePath);
         }
-        
+
 #ifndef __MINGW32__
-        if ( sHelpFile.Find(_T(".chm")) > 0 )
+        if ( sHelpFile.Find(_T(".chm")) > 0 && !isURL )
             ::HtmlHelp( NULL, sHelpFile.c_str(), HH_DISPLAY_TOPIC, NULL );
         else
 #endif

NppExec/src/NppExec.h

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
  + handling the "-pluginMessage" command-line arguments
  + new environment variable: $(NPP_SETTINGS_DIR)
  + updated: now echo~ supports both math and string expressions
+ + updated: HelpFile can be a URL (see "NppExec_TechInfo.txt")
  + NppExec Manual updated
  * npp_files updated to Notepad++ 8.8.6
 

docs/NppExec.txt

@@ -255,6 +255,7 @@
  + handling the "-pluginMessage" command-line arguments
  + new environment variable: $(NPP_SETTINGS_DIR)
  + updated: now echo~ supports both math and string expressions
+ + updated: HelpFile can be a URL (see "NppExec_TechInfo.txt")
  + NppExec Manual updated
  * npp_files updated to Notepad++ 8.8.6
 

docs/NppExec_TechInfo.txt

@@ -720,6 +720,14 @@
      $(SYS.TEMP)
      $(NPP_DIRECTORY)
      $(PLUGINS_CONFIG_DIR)
+   This can also be a URL that points to the online version of the Manual:
+     HelpFile=https://d0vgan.github.io/nppexec/
+   To start with a specific topic of the online Manual, use "?q=", such as:
+     HelpFile=https://d0vgan.github.io/nppexec/?q=FAQ
+   or:
+     HelpFile=https://d0vgan.github.io/nppexec/?q=4.0
+   This can also be a path to the local HTML version of the Manual, e.g.:
+     HelpFile=C:\github\nppexec\docs\index.html
 
 
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