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@nbache

Indeed, I thought of that as I wrote it, that's why I said you really need a script rather than an alias as things is getting a bit comples for single line ARexx.

I couldn't recall the pragma(i) contruct for getting the process ID / address and wasn't even sure if it would work in a command line rexx script, though a quick test shows it does.

alias helpme RX "file = 't:helpme_' || pragma(I) ;ADDRESS COMMAND; 'SYS:System/Help [].help >' || file ; 'next ' || file ; 'delete ' || file"

might do it, untested as on posting from linux box.

BTW removed the OPTIONS RESULTS as no call is returning a result or using it it's unneeded

@broadblues & nbache

broadblues oneline script works nicely
I never udnderstood the pragma(I) thing, its usefullness is quite clear now

on my system with the masochistic "Amiga OS 4" name for my boot partition
the alias approach works very well

even with the old
alias help RX help
The alias approach therefor has something usefull (as long as the sys:system/help does not take things over.

last? question:


i tried this
alias helpd RX "file = 't:helpme_' || pragma(I) ;ADDRESS COMMAND; 'SYS:System/Help [].help >' || file ; 'run next ' || file ; 'delete ' || file"

an un expected filerequester pops up


Can this be avoided?

@JosDuchIt

You've added run before next this means the delete probably happens before next has finished loading.

try

alias helpd run >NIL: RX "file = 't:helpme_' || pragma(I) ;ADDRESS COMMAND; 'SYS:System/Help [].help >' || file ; 'next ' || file ; 'delete ' || file"

I don't have next to try with so not sure how it works. more fails with the above with a console packet error. But Notepad worked with it.

@broadblues
super,

next is a subsitute to multiview of which i love the search posssibilities in files (all hits highlighted at the same time)

@JosDuchIt
You could take ARexx out of the picture with something like:

alias helpme "run Multiview HELP:english/shell/[].help"

Personally, I would prefer it if SYS:System/Help had a TOOLTYPE/ARG to open its window at the command entered on the commandline instead of printing it to the command line.

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