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1 files changed, 39 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/e-util/e-util.c b/e-util/e-util.c
index 116ebd3f55..815f75e033 100644
--- a/e-util/e-util.c
+++ b/e-util/e-util.c
@@ -35,10 +35,11 @@
#include <sys/stat.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
-#include <glib.h>
-#include <glib/gstdio.h>
-#include <gtk/gtk.h>
#include <gio/gio.h>
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <glib/gi18n.h>
+#include <glib/gstdio.h>
+#include <libgnome/gnome-help.h>
#include <libgnome/gnome-util.h>
#ifdef G_OS_WIN32
@@ -70,6 +71,41 @@ e_get_user_data_dir (void)
}
/**
+ * e_display_help:
+ * @parent: a parent #GtkWindow or %NULL
+ * @link_id: help section to present or %NULL
+ *
+ * Opens the user documentation to the section given by @link_id, or to the
+ * table of contents if @link_id is %NULL. If the user documentation cannot
+ * be opened, it presents a dialog describing the error. The dialog is set
+ * as transient to @parent if @parent is non-%NULL.
+ **/
+void
+e_display_help (GtkWindow *parent,
+ const gchar *link_id)
+{
+ GtkWidget *dialog;
+ GError *error = NULL;
+
+ if (gnome_help_display ("evolution.xml", link_id, &error))
+ return;
+
+ dialog = gtk_message_dialog_new_with_markup (
+ parent, GTK_DIALOG_DESTROY_WITH_PARENT,
+ GTK_MESSAGE_ERROR, GTK_BUTTONS_OK,
+ "<big><b>%s</b></big>",
+ _("Could not display help for Evolution."));
+
+ gtk_message_dialog_format_secondary_text (
+ GTK_MESSAGE_DIALOG (dialog), "%s", error->message);
+
+ gtk_dialog_run (GTK_DIALOG (dialog));
+
+ gtk_widget_destroy (dialog);
+ g_error_free (error);
+}
+
+/**
* e_str_without_underscores:
* @s: the string to strip underscores from.
*