The Code Editor features a help sidebar that can be used both for Macro and Python scripts. The sidebar can offer help for: functions and colour editing.
Function List
The function help can be activated by pressing F1.
Function list
If we press F1 when the text cursor is not positioned on a built-in function or icon parameter, or we press the 
button in the toolbar, the help sidebar will open up showing the full Metview function list (including all the icon and non-icon functions).
Press the Function list button in the toolbar to see the full list of built-in and icon functions in the help sidebar:
In the function list Here we have the option of either inserting the selected function into the editor or copying it into the clipboard. If we double-click or press the Details button the function's help page will be shown (see below). By pressing the Documentation button the function's online documentation will be opened up in a web brower.
By pressing the Documentation button the online documentation of the selected function/icon will be opened up in a web browser.
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The web browser to show the online documentation is defined by the MV_BROWSER_NAME environment variable. It has to be set before stating up Metview. Buy default firefox is used. |
Built-in function help (F1)
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