Starting Yelp

7.3.2.1. To Start Yelp Help Browser

You can start Yelp Help Browser in the following ways:

System Menu

Choose Help

Command Line

Execute the following command: yelp

7.3.2.2. Interface

When you start Yelp Help Browser, you will see the following window appear.

Figure 7-1 Yelp Help Browser Window
Yelp Help Browser contains the following elements in Figure 7-1

Menubar

File

Use this menu to Open a New Window, view the About this Document page, Print the current document, or Close the window.

Edit

Use this menu to Copy, Select all, Find..., or to set your Preferences.

Go

Use this menu to navigate Back, Forward, to the Help Topics page. When viewing a DocBook document, use this menu to navigate to the Next Section, Previous Section or to the Contents.

Bookmarks

Use this menu to Add Bookmark(s), or Edit Bookmark(s).

Help

View information about Yelp Help Browser and contributors to the project through the About menuitem. Open this document with the Contents menuitem or by pressing F1.

Toolbar

Back

Use this button to navigate back in your document history.

Forward

Use this button to navigate forward in your document history.

Help Topics

Use this button to return to the main table of contents (shown in Figure 7-1).

Browser Pane

The browser pane is where you will be presented with the table of contents or the documentation. Use the table of contents to navigate to the documentation you need.

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