From 205c8aa2b70d22ed0d5aef844dc349773ff6bf04 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Eric Jeschke <eric@naoj.org>
Date: Wed, 7 Feb 2024 13:26:35 -1000
Subject: [PATCH] Change to open help in external browser if using ginga ver <
 5

---
 stginga/plugins/local_plugin_mixin.py | 30 +++------------------------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)

diff --git a/stginga/plugins/local_plugin_mixin.py b/stginga/plugins/local_plugin_mixin.py
index 4aa9369..b3aaaad 100644
--- a/stginga/plugins/local_plugin_mixin.py
+++ b/stginga/plugins/local_plugin_mixin.py
@@ -24,36 +24,12 @@
 
 
 class HelpMixin(object):
-    def _stginga_help_docstring(self):
-        import inspect
-
-        # Insert section title at the beginning
-        plg_name = self.__class__.__name__
-        plg_mod = inspect.getmodule(self)
-        plg_doc = ('{}\n{}\n'.format(plg_name, '=' * len(plg_name)) +
-                   plg_mod.__doc__)
-
-        self.fv.show_help_text(plg_name, plg_doc, wsname='channels')
-
     def help(self):
         """Display online help for the plugin."""
-        if self.fv.gpmon.has_plugin('WBrowser') and Widgets.has_webkit:
-            # ginga < v5.x
-            self.fv.start_global_plugin('WBrowser')
-
-            # need to let GUI finish processing, it seems
-            self.fv.update_pending()
-
-            obj = self.fv.gpmon.get_plugin('WBrowser')
-
-            # Unlike Ginga, we do not attempt to download offline doc
-            # but just point to online doc directly.
-            obj.browse(self.help_url)
-            return
-
         if not hasattr(self.fv, 'help_plugin'):
-            # ginga < v5.x but somehow user doesn't have WBrowser plugin
-            self._stginga_help_docstring()
+            # ginga < v5.x, open in external browser
+            import webbrowser
+            webbrowser.open(self.help_url)
             return
 
         # ginga v5.x