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    <refnamediv>
        <refname>Link toolbox help with Scilab one</refname>
        <refpurpose>How to make hyperlink in toolbox help pointing to Scilab's items</refpurpose>
    </refnamediv>
    <refsection>
        <title>Description</title>
        <para>Since Scilab 5.3.1, the hyperlinks in a toolbox help can be used to point on any help pages or to execute demos in the console.</para>
        <para>
            Now you can link a demo <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.demos/gui/demos/uicontrol_plot3d.dem">Uicontrol demo</link> or execute a script <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.exec/helptools/demos/about.sce">about.sce</link>
        </para>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Details</title>
        <itemizedlist>
            <listitem>
                <para>To link from two external modules, the syntax is: &lt;link type="scilab" linkend="module_name.help/fun_in_module_name"&gt;fun_in_module_name&lt;/link&gt; Usually, the name of the function is the id of the page.</para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>To link from a external module to a Scilab function, the syntax is: &lt;link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/bvode"&gt;bvode&lt;/link&gt; Usually, the name of the function is the id of the page.</para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>To enable the execution of a script, the syntax is: &lt;link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.exec/macros/fooexec.sce"&gt;macros/fooexec.sce&lt;/link&gt; </para>
            </listitem>
            <listitem>
                <para>To enable the execution of a demo, the syntax is: &lt;link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.demos/mydemo.dem"&gt;My demo&lt;/link&gt; </para>
            </listitem>
        </itemizedlist>
    </refsection>
    <refsection>
        <title>Examples</title>
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        <refname>Foo</refname>
        <refpurpose>calculates foo</refpurpose>
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      <refsection>
        <!-- Link on Scilab's help -->
        <para>Firstly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/bvode">bvode</link> in the Scilab Doc</para>
        <!-- Link on a demo, foodemo must be in toolbox_path/demos/ -->
        <para>Secondly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.demos/foodemo">My demo</link></para>
        <!-- the executed macro will be toolbox_path/macros/fooexec.sce -->
        <para>Thirdly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="mytoolbox.exec/macros/fooexec.sce">macros/fooexec.sce</link></para>
        <!-- a link for erroneous links -->
        <para>Fourthly a link on <link type="scilab" linkend="scilab.help/invalidlink">invalid link</link></para>
      </refsection>

      <programlisting role="example">
        plot3d() // should link on plot3d
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