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# `help_info_support`

Experimental help predicates for inline browsing and searching of the Texinfo versiosn of the Handbook and APIs documentation. Currently requires Ciao Prolog, ECLiPSe, LVM, SICStus Prolog, SWI-Prolog, Trealla Prolog, or XSB as the backend running on a POSIX system.

Author: Paulo Moura
Version: 0:6:0
Date: 2022-09-22
Compilation flags:
`static`
Complements:
help
Uses:
os
user
Remarks:
(none)
Inherited public predicates:
(none)

- Public predicates

  - `handbook/0`

  - `handbook/1`

  - `apis/0`

  - `apis/1`

- Protected predicates

- Private predicates

- Operators

## Public predicates

### `handbook/0`

Opens inline the Texinfo verison of the Handbook.

Compilation flags:
`static`
Mode and number of proofs:
`handbook` - `one`

### `handbook/1`

Opens inline the Texinfo verison of the Handbook and searches for the given topic.

Compilation flags:
`static`
Template:
`handbook(Topic)`
Mode and number of proofs:
`handbook(+atom)` - `one`
`handbook(+predicate_indicator)` - `one`
`handbook(+non_terminal_indicator)` - `one`

### `apis/0`

Opens inline the Texinfo verison of the APIs documentation.

Compilation flags:
`static`
Mode and number of proofs:
`apis` - `one`

### `apis/1`

Opens inline the Texinfo verison of the APIs documentation and searches for the given topic.

Compilation flags:
`static`
Template:
`apis(Topic)`
Mode and number of proofs:
`apis(+atom)` - `one`
`apis(+predicate_indicator)` - `one`
`apis(+non_terminal_indicator)` - `one`

## Protected predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

## Private predicates

(no local declarations; see entity ancestors if any)

## Operators

(none)