Description

Padre currently provides context sensitive help for Perl 5 and via the Perl6 plugin to Perl 6. The feature is extendable so it could be added to any type of file. It could be even added to things such as JQuery.

In order to activate the feature select some Perl 5 construct in a file that was recognized as Perl 5 and press F2. (Help -> Context Help)

See example in this blog ​http://ahmadzawawi.blogspot.com/2009/09/whats-new-in-padre-046.html

Or this screencast on youtube : ​http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGPLXNUbffY

Tickets

Ticket	Resolution	Summary	Owner	Reporter
#1006	fixed	F2 help does not know about 'given'		szabgab
#985	not relevant	"Help" (C-H) or "Search Help" (F1) problem		sebH
#941	invalid	Help is improperly formatted/displayed		run4flat
#872	not relevant	F2 context search freezes Padre when opening it for the first time	azawawi	azawawi
#798	fixed	F1 & F2 help behaviour		stemd
#766		Suggest better solutions for code		szabgab
#722		Allow turning off the individual call-tips one-by one		szabgab
#721	fixed	Allow turning off the individual "beginner mode" checks one-by one		szabgab
#690		F2 on push - no example	azawawi	szabgab
#689		F2 help on foreach is missing	azawawi	szabgab
#684		Need explanation about this code.		szabgab
#651	wontfix	remove or factor out the @index listing from Padre::HelpProvider::Perl		szabgab
#648		beginner error: do not use $a and $b outside of sort		szabgab
#616		Recognize and explain when user mixes $x, %x and @x		szabgab
#610		Create and distribute Win32 sample scripts		szabgab
#608	fixed	"beginner mode" error	Sewi	meironC
#592	fixed	Beginner mode: catch print chomp		szabgab
#590	fixed	Beginner mode: catch else if		szabgab
#581	fixed	F2 shows incorrect help topic for comparisons	azawawi	adamk
#577		F2 should be able to explain what is a scalar variable	azawawi	szabgab
#576	fixed	common (beginner) error check has no feedback if no errors found	azawawi	rhebus
#563		Add Sample perl scripts + tutorial that comes with Padre	szabgab	szabgab
#551		Separate on/off for Call Tips for different mime-types		szabgab
#550	not relevant	Factor out the Perl 5 call tips		szabgab
#548		provide help on $_[0] (in Perl 5)	azawawi	szabgab
#547	fixed	context sensitive help for perl 5 - "what is $. ?" No help found	azawawi	szabgab
#545	not a bug	upgrading using Vista	azawawi	meironC
#528	fixed	Recognize some bad practices and warn about them - package DB;		szabgab
#526		Explain idomatic perl what is !! (in Perl 5)	azawawi	szabgab
#523	fixed	Unclear Perl errror		szabgab
#491	fixed	context help of Perl 5 (F2) duplicate entries, missing entries	azawawi	szabgab
#96	fixed	Context sensitive help		szabgab

Test

TODO

• improve speed
• factor out the feature to Code::Explain to be usable by other editors and tools