Command: help / htmlhelp
HELP / HTMLHELP is a browser and a collection of FreeDOS help files in
html format. Meanwhile, the help files exist in several languages.
Click here if you want to know how to use the help.
Syntax:
HELP [options] [topic]
HTMLHELP [options] [topic]
Options:
Basic Options:
topic Show HELP on this topic.
/M Force monochrome display.
/F1 Use fancy color scheme 1.
/F2 Use fancy color scheme 2.
/A Uses ASCII instead of extended characters.
/Cnnn Tell HELP the codepage is nnn, rather than let detect.
/? Shows the help.
Advanced Options:
/O[path[file]] Overrides the help path.
If no file is specified, index.htm is assumed.
/Lfile Loads a file other than index.htm relative to the help path.
/Htopic When the user presses F1 or clicks on "help on help" help
will load this file. Default is help.htm.
ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES:
HELPPATH Directory that contains your help files.
HELPCMD Put /M, /A, F1, F2 here to make them default.
Comments:
The collection of help files is also named HHSTNDRD.
Current version: HHSTNDRD 1.1.0 en.
In FreeDOS (not in internet) HELP consists of a DOS HTML viewer
(htmlhelp.exe / help.exe) and the HTML help files. In FreeDOS the help
files are zipped. On the Internet only the unzipped htm files are in use.
HTMLHELP / HELP supports NLS (national language support).
If the local NLS file does not exist, HELP / HTMLHELP falls
back to English language.
Examples:
HTMLHELP /LC:\pathxy\append.htm
See also:
amb
ambhelp
ambpack
apropos
environment variable
fasthelp/fdhelp/fsuite/fsuite04
help/htmlhelp
How to use the Help
Newbies01
Newbies02
whatis
Copyright © 2008, updated in 2022 by W. Spiegl.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
See the file H2Cpying for copying conditions.