# Help Menu

About will tell where the program files are located as well as version number.

Syntax Help Index opens a help viewer with access to locally stored HTML files describing the MMBasic syntax.
Function key F1 is a shortcut for syntax help. If the cursor is on a keyword, a brief syntax hint for that keyword is displayed. Shift-F1 opens the full help viewer.
The logic looks at the 'word' before the selected word as well to try any give a better context relevant help.

MM Edit Help opens this file. It is also a series of locally stored HTML files.

There are 6 menus for user configuration.
They can be set to any PDF or other document or web page, provided windows has an application associated with them. By keeping code fragments in a text file, you can readily open the file here.
The files in the list are set in the preferences dialog.

Change Log displays the change log file.

Configuration report displays an expanded version of the 'About' box including a full listing of the mmedit4.inf file. This is useful for debugging MM Edit.

Error log. We hope we never need to look here. If it gets too big, you may need to Clear it.

The Help system uses two files. The keywords are contained in 'kw_list.csv' This file has the keyword, the name of a HTML help file and a one-line brief help.
Pressing F1 while the cursor is in a word, the one line help appears. Alternatively, Shift-F1 will open up the help browser for the full help on the selected keyword.

Adding your own help files:
A file 'user.csv' is available for adding your own syntax help data. Follow the format in 'kw_list.csv'.
'kw_list.csv' will get overwritten with program updates but 'user.csv' should be safe.
'user.csv' should be placed in the data folder.
Place any HTML files in the html subfolder in the data folder. If you prefix your HTML help files with '_' or similar, they will not conflict with the standard MM syntax files.

Last edited: 14 May, 2021