[BitPim-devel] Menu Item for Phone's Help

[Joe Pham]

Any merits for adding a menu item under "Help" that takes users
directly to the Help page of the current phone model (if available,
greyed out if no Help is available).

-Joe Pham



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[Roger Binns]

Post by Joe Pham
Any merits for adding a menu item under "Help" that takes users
directly to the Help page of the current phone model (if available,
greyed out if no Help is available).

That only works for the LG phones since each one has a unique page.
Other manufacturers just have everything in one set of pages for all models.

I certainly think it is worth the effort to update phones/__init__.py to
add a field with a reference to a help file. That information can then
be used for the menu item you suggest, a tree item as well as the phone
wizard.

I also think there should be a requirement for that field which means
you won't have to deal with the greyed out case, but may have to
reference a generic page (eg "sanyo") instead of a model specific page
(eg "sanyo 1234").

Roger

[Joe Pham]

Post by Roger Binns
Other manufacturers just have everything in one set of pages for all
models.

And the parent class points to that one set of pages. The Sanyo
models and some Samsung models work like that.

Post by Roger Binns
I certainly think it is worth the effort to update
phones/__init__.py to add a field with a reference to a help file.

How about in both?

Post by Roger Binns
That information can then be used for the menu item you suggest, a
tree item as well as the phone wizard.

What's the best way to launch the Help from the Tree Item.