Managing Linux® Systems with Webmin™ System Administration and Module Development

55.7. Online Help

Webmin versions 0.63 and greater have support for context-sensitive help. The hlink function generates HTML for a link to a CGI program that processes and displays a given help page. Help pages are stored in the help subdirectory under the module directory, and are named simply page.html for those in English. So, a call to hlink like would output a link to display the help page help/name.html.

print &hlink("Enter username:", "name"),
      "<input name=username size=20><p>\n";

If the help parameter to the header function is set, a link labeled Help that is directed to the specified help page is included in the heading. This can be useful if you have created specific documentation that explains what the entire page does in general, ...