Context sensitive help is available for all the built-in predicates and operators of Trinc-Prolog. By pressing the F1 key on a word (or part of a word) in the text editor a help window is opened. If the F1 key was pressed and the current text being edited is 'stream_property' then the following help window appears.
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If any of the two links at the bottom of the window is clicked a browser is opened and the selected help file is displayed.
If the F1 key was pressed over an unknown built-in predicate (or operator) or if there are multiple built-in predicates with the same name then Help index window is displayed. This window looks like:
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There are three built-in predicates with the name save_module as can be seen from the image above. Select one of the three items in the list and double click the left mouse button or the 'Display' button.
The 'Index' page of the tabbook control contains the complete list of all items for which help is available. The index pave looks like:
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By entering characters in the edit control, above the list, only those predicates or operators are shown that start with the same characters.
See also: adding tools to the Trinc-Prolog IDE