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Pointing VrmlPad to The Annotated VRML 97 Reference
– Press F1 and VrmlPad points you to the description of the current node.
When you press F1, VrmlPad opens a web page
describing the node under the cursor. By default this is the raw VRML97 specificationfication.
All the information of the specification is also contained in the book
The Annotated VRML 97 Reference from
Rick Carey and Gavin Bell, but that book contains further annotations and tips, which
makes it more valuable as a help document. But VrmlPad cannot use it, because the
file names in the book are based on chapter numbers and all VrmlPad has is the node name.
Therefore I've written a little PHP script that translates node names to
links into that book. Meanwhile it has evolved to also point to some other Proto libraries.
Simply point VrmlPad to the URL
http://www.hersto.de/VRML_Tools/DocPointer.php?node=*
and restart it. Then pressing F1 while the cursor is over a node name opens the corresponding
page in the book The Annotated VRML 97 Reference.
The place to enter the above URL is: Tools → Options → General.
In the list box 'Node libraries' select 'Standard VRML97 nodes'.
Then enter the above string in the edit box 'Base path for the Node help:'.
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