Changes in src/sas/guiframe/gui_manager.py [a4340d1:9bbb627] in sasview

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• src/sas/guiframe/gui_manager.py (modified) (3 diffs)

src/sas/guiframe/gui_manager.py

@@ -24 +24 @@
 import logging
 import httplib
+import webbrowser
 
 
@@ -2152 +2153 @@
     def _onSphinxDocs(self, evt):
         """
-        Bring up Sphinx Documentation at top level whenever the menu item
-        'documentation' is clicked. Calls DocumentationWindow with the top
-        level path of "index.html"
+        Bring up Sphinx Documentation.  If Wx 2.9 or higher is installed 
+        with proper HTML support then Pop up a Sphinx Documentation dialog
+        locally.  If not pop up a new tab in the default system browser 
+        calling the documentation website.
         
         :param evt: menu event
@@ -2160 +2162 @@
         # Running SasView "in-place" using run.py means the docs will be in a
         # different place than they would otherwise.
-        from documentation_window import DocumentationWindow
-        
-        sphinx_doc_viewer = DocumentationWindow(self, -1, "index.html")
-#        sphinx_doc_viewer.Show()
-
+
+        show_sphinx_docs = float(wx.__version__[:3]) >= 2.9
+        if show_sphinx_docs:
+            SPHINX_DOC_ENV = "SASVIEW_DOC_PATH"
+            if SPHINX_DOC_ENV in os.environ:
+                docs_path = os.path.join(os.environ[SPHINX_DOC_ENV], "index.html")
+            else:
+                docs_path = os.path.join(PATH_APP, "..", "..", "doc", "index.html")
+
+            if os.path.exists(docs_path):
+                from documentation_window import DocumentationWindow
+
+                sphinx_doc_viewer = DocumentationWindow(None, -1, docs_path)
+                sphinx_doc_viewer.Show()
+            else:
+                logging.error("Could not find Sphinx documentation at '%' -- has it been built?" % docs_path)
+        else:
+            #For red hat and maybe others who do not have Wx 3.0
+            #just send to webpage of documentation
+            webbrowser.open_new_tab('http://www.sasview.org/sasview')
 
     def set_manager(self, manager):