---
name: "eric5_helpviewer"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "eric"
version: "5.4.5-1"
release: "Debian 8 (Jessie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/eric5_helpviewer"
---

# eric5\_helpviewer(1)

eric5 and Qt help browser

## NAME

eric5\_helpviewer - eric5 and Qt help browser

## SYNOPSIS

**eric5\_helpviewer** \[*options*\] *files*...

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **eric5\_helpviewer** command. This manual page was written for the Debian distribution because the original program does not have a manual page.

**eric5\_helpviewer** is a HTML help browser for the Qt API and the eric5 documentation, similar to Qt assistant. It can be used from inside the eric5 IDE or as a standalone application.

## OPTIONS

These programs follow the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (\`-'). A summary of options is included below. For a complete description, see the Info files.

- **-h, --help**

  Show summary of options.

- **-v, --version**

  Show version of program.

## SEE ALSO

[**eric5**(1)](/eric5/1.md), [**eric5\_api**(1)](/eric5_api/1.md), [**eric5\_compare**(1)](/eric5_compare/1.md), [**eric5\_configure**(1)](/eric5_configure/1.md), [**eric5\_diff**(1)](/eric5_diff/1.md), [**eric5\_doc**(1)](/eric5_doc/1.md), [**eric5\_editor**(1)](/eric5_editor/1.md), [**eric5\_iconeditor**(1)](/eric5_iconeditor/1.md), [**eric5\_plugininstall**(1)](/eric5_plugininstall/1.md), [**eric5\_pluginrepository**(1)](/eric5_pluginrepository/1.md), [**eric5\_pluginuninstall**(1)](/eric5_pluginuninstall/1.md), [**eric5\_qregexp**(1)](/eric5_qregexp/1.md), [**eric5\_re**(1)](/eric5_re/1.md), [**eric5\_sqlbrowser**(1)](/eric5_sqlbrowser/1.md), [**eric5\_tray**(1)](/eric5_tray/1.md), [**eric5\_trpreviewer**(1)](/eric5_trpreviewer/1.md), [**eric5\_uipreviewer**(1)](/eric5_uipreviewer/1.md), [**eric5\_unittest**(1)](/eric5_unittest/1.md), [**eric5\_webbrowser**(1)](/eric5_webbrowser/1.md)\

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Torsten Marek \<shlomme@gmx.net\>, for the Debian project (but may be used by others).