4.12. Help Menu

Provides important information and links related to MeVisLab.

Figure 4.35. Help Menu

Help Menu

4.12.1. (Search in documentation and menu entries)

The input field in the help menu performs an immediate search in all menu entries and the documentation of MeVisLab; see Chapter 23, Search in Documentation.

4.12.2. Full-text Search in Documentation...

On selecting this entry, a window opens that provides a full-text search in MeVisLab's documentation and module help files; see Chapter 24, Full-text Search in Documentation

4.12.3. Show Context Help...

On pressing the shortcut (F1 by default), help is shown depending on the current context. For example, if a module is selected and the network has the focus, that module's help page is shown; if the scripting console has the focus, general or specific Python help is shown.

MATE also supports showing context-sensitive help for .script or for .py files.

4.12.4. Show Help Overview

Opens an HTML file with an overview of all MeVisLab help resources in the default browser.

4.12.5. Browse Help Pages

Allows browsing and opening a specific help page directly in the default browser.

4.12.6. Welcome

Opens the Welcome screen that is displayed when first starting MeVisLab. It provides a number of links to tutorials, documentation, demos, user forums, recently opened networks, the latest information about MeVisLab, and a “Tips + Tricks” section.

Toggle the option Don't show this at MeVisLab launch to choose whether this window is displayed at start-up.

4.12.7. About

Displays a window with information about the installed version and license, the developers involved, and license information for all built-in technologies.

4.12.8. Enter License

Opens a file browser to select a license file (.dat). Depends on your MeVisLab distribution (free, basic, SDK, etc.), see installation guide.