The Help menu items can be used to display information on a variety of topics.
Each item corresponds to a .html file in the Help folder.
The information is displayed in a separate help window
which behaves like a simplified browser.
The size and location of this window is remembered when it closes.
These keyboard shortcuts can be used when the help window is in front:
- Hit "+" and "-" to change the font size.
- Hit the left arrow or "[" to go back.
- Hit the right arrow or "]" to go forwards.
- Hit the home key to go to the Contents page.
- Hit the up/down arrow keys or page up/down keys if a scroll bar appears.
- Hit Ctrl-A on Windows/Linux or Cmd-A on Mac to select all text.
- Hit Ctrl-C on Windows/Linux or Cmd-C on Mac to copy selected text
to the clipboard.
- Hit enter/return to close the help window.
Special links
The help window supports a number of Glu-specific links:
- edit:file
Open the given file in your preferred text editor.
A non-absolute path is relative to the location of the Glu application.
- open:file
Open the given file, depending on its extension.
A Lua file (*.lua) will be run.
A HTML file (*.htm or *.html) will be displayed in the help window.
Any other file is assumed to be a text file and will be opened in your text editor.
In the case of a Lua or HTML file, you can force Glu to open the file in
your text editor by control-clicking or right-clicking on the link.
A non-absolute path is relative to the location of the Glu application.
- prefs:pane
Open the Preferences dialog at the given pane. The pane string must
be lowercase and must match a known pane:
file,
color,
mouse.