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Help button gone! #52403 03/10/03 02:14 PM
Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1 54.00 N, 2.00 W G Govvy OP Mostly harmless
OP Govvy Mostly harmless G Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1 54.00 N, 2.00 W	I don't know if you decided to remove the help button, the one with the little red ring, 'that keeps you a float!' or if it just got bugged out ... in this new version.

Re: Help button gone! #52404 03/10/03 02:23 PM
Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 384 D DekuHaze Fjord artisan
DekuHaze Fjord artisan D Joined: Jun 2003 Posts: 384	It was deliberately removed, I'm afraid. Dunno why tho

Re: Help button gone! #52405 03/10/03 02:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 196 T trenzterra Vogon poet
trenzterra Vogon poet T Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 196	Probably because some people removed mirc.hlp in their script. trenzterra AustNet #trenzterra and #w Head Scripter @ http://trenzterra.uni.cc

Re: Help button gone! #52406 03/10/03 06:03 PM
Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,012 New Hampshire, USA KingTomato Hoopy frood
KingTomato Hoopy frood Joined: Jan 2003 Posts: 3,012 New Hampshire, USA	Personally I type /help <topic> I find it easier just because you go to the help to find a topic anyways, so it will open it right to the topic. Also i'm not an anti-mouse person, But I prfer using keyboard when I can, and avoid moving the mouse too much >:D -KingTomato

Re: Help button gone! #52407 03/10/03 06:10 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,265 P pheonix Hoopy frood
pheonix Hoopy frood P Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,265	i moved the help file to a subdirectory: $mircdirhelp files\mirc.hlp do you know how i could make a /help alias like the original? new username: tidy_trax

Re: Help button gone! #52408 03/10/03 06:20 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	This works for me on XP: Code: alias help { run winhlp32 -k $+ $1- $mircdirhelp files\mirc.hlp } Edit: Doesn't seem to work with multiple parameters, ill try to fix..

Re: Help button gone! #52409 03/10/03 06:22 PM
Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,265 P pheonix Hoopy frood
pheonix Hoopy frood P Joined: May 2003 Posts: 2,265	thanks new username: tidy_trax

Re: Help button gone! #52410 03/10/03 07:26 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,809 C codemastr Hoopy frood
codemastr Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 2,809	Simple solution, do like all the cool kids do and downgrade to 6.03.

Re: Help button gone! #52411 03/10/03 10:06 PM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 148 K KoRn18 Vogon poet
KoRn18 Vogon poet K Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 148	tempting... _________ may death strike you.

Re: Help button gone! #52412 03/10/03 11:22 PM
Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK C Collective Hoopy frood
Collective Hoopy frood C Joined: Dec 2002 Posts: 3,138 London, UK	It doesn't seem to close winhlp32 if you type /help a and then click Cancel (in fact for me it creates two winhlp32 processes and doesn't close either). Perhaps best not to use it

Re: Help button gone! #52413 04/10/03 01:08 AM
Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,831 I Iori Hoopy frood
Iori Hoopy frood I Joined: Aug 2003 Posts: 1,831	Why not just press F1 (while mirc is active), when windows complains it can't find the file and asks if you want to find it yourself, browse to it. From there, /help /whatever should work normally. Edit: You might need to get rid of any /help alias before you do it. Last edited by Iori; 04/10/03 01:09 AM.

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