From 78fa790e7a506e9cd080375ebde87004345852f9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Ankur Sinha (Ankur Sinha Gmail)" <sanjay.ankur@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2024 12:00:16 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 6/7] use online documentation
---
pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py | 10 ++++------
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py b/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py
index 5a878c6c1..8461e78ce 100644
--- a/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py
+++ b/pynest/nest/lib/hl_api_info.py
@@ -83,12 +83,10 @@ def helpdesk():
docdir = sli_func("statusdict/prgdocdir ::")
help_fname = os.path.join(docdir, "html", "index.html")
- if not os.path.isfile(help_fname):
- msg = "Sorry, the help index cannot be opened. "
- msg += "Did you run 'make html' before running 'make install'?"
- raise FileNotFoundError(msg)
-
- webbrowser.open_new(f"file://{help_fname}")
+ if os.path.isfile(help_fname):
+ webbrowser.open_new(f"file://{help_fname}")
+ else:
+ webbrowser.open_new("https://nest-simulator.readthedocs.io/")
@check_stack
--
2.44.0