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dtsdlfile(4)
CDE


NAME
  dtsdlfile - CDE runtime help volume files

DESCRIPTION
  Semantic Delivery Language (sdl) files are used for presenting online
  information or application specific contextual help information in CDE.
  They are refered to as Help Volumes, and contain the equivalent of a
  runtime version of the original, authored help information.  Help Volumes
  can be viewed via one of the two CDE help dialog widgets provided as part
  of the CDE Development Environment.

  File Generation


  Refer to the dthelptag(1) man page for detailed information on the creation
  of *.sdl files within CDE.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
  The CDE Help system uses two environment variables for locating Help
  volumes and Family files within the desktop environment:

  DTHELPSEARCHPATH
		 System search path environment variable for locating Help
		 volumes on local and/or remote nfs mounted systems.

  DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH
		 Users search path environment variable for locating user
		 specific Help volumes on local and/or remote nfs mounted
		 systems.

  The environment variables contain colon-separated lists of directory paths.
  Each directory path can contain environment variable names as well as
  special field descriptors that are expanded at runtime.

  Field descriptors consist of a % followed by a single character.  Field
  descriptors and their substitution values are:

  %H		 This value is replaced with the current volume or Family
		 name being searched for.

  %L		 Replaced with the current value of the LANG environment
		 variable.

  %%		 Replaced with a single %.

  The default value for DTHELPUSERSEARCHPATH is:


  $HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H:
  $HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H.sdl:
  $HOME/.dt/help/$DTUSERSESSION/%H.hv:
  $HOME/.dt/help/%H:
  $HOME/.dt/help/%H.sdl:
  $HOME/.dt/help/%H.hv

  The DTHELPUSERSEARCH is first searched for the requested volume.  If the
  volume is not found, the DTHELPSEARCHPATH value is searched.

  The default value for DTHELPSEARCHPATH path is:


  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H:
  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl:
  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv:
  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H:
  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl:
  /etc/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.sdl:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/%L/%H.hv:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.sdl:
  /usr/dt/appconfig/help/C/%H.hv

SEE ALSO
  DtCreateHelpDialog(3), DtCreateHelpQuickDialog(3), dthelptag(1), CDE Help
  System Author's and Programmer's Guide.

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