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Java Help
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Version
2.0
Java Help is a swift Java API lookup program. Designed
to be invoked from a text editor, Java Help lets you
search multiple APIs with a single keystroke. Place
the cursor on a word you want to search for and press
a key; Java Help comes up instantaneously with a list
to choose from. Most popular editors are supported,
including CRiSP, EditPlus, Epsilon, jEdit, NoteTab,
TextPad, UltraEdit, VEdit, WinEdit, ZeusEdit. Most
others can be configured.
INSTALLATION
To install Java Help, run JHelp20.exe, which will
guide you through the standard installation steps.
The installer will add a 'Java Help' shortcut to your
Start menu. Please note that running it from the Start
menu is not the standard way to invoke Java Help; you
are supposed to start it from your editor. In fact, in
the ideal scenario, you will not explicitly run any of
these executables! You press a function key and Java
help comes up instantly.
To uninstall Java Help, use Add/Remove Programs from
the Control Panel.
ADDING APIS FOR LOOKUP
After installing Java Help, you need to tell it what
APIs you want to search. You can add APIs whenever you
wish, but to begin with, you may like to add the Sun
JDK API. This also ensures that when you set up your
editor, Java Help will have something to show you.
Run Java Help from Windows Start menu and click the
API icon in the toolbar. A dialog box titled "Java
Help - API's To Be Searched" comes up. Click the Add
New button and navigate to the directory where you
installed the Sun JDK API documentation (Note that the
directory always ends in docs\api and contains files
such as allclasses-frame.html, deprecated-list.html
etc.). Click Select. This brings up another dialog
box, to create a file named Search.txt. Java Help uses
this file for lookup purposes. Click OK and wait for
the process to complete. Once the file is created, you
will come back to the API's dialog box, and the new
API is added to the list. Click OK. Now the API is
ready to be searched.
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