docsearch
Help browser search
Syntax
docsearch
docsearch expression
Description
docsearch
opens the Help browser and displays the documentation home page. If the Help browser is already open, but not visible, thendocsearch
brings it to the foreground.
docsearch
searches the documentation for pages with words that match the specified expression and highlights them. To clear highlighting, press theEsckey. To search third-party or custom documentation, you must first run theexpression
builddocsearchdb
command to build a search database for the additional help files.
Examples
Input Arguments
Tips
To access third-party or custom documentation without the
docsearch
command, open the Help browser and navigate to the documentation home page. Then, at the bottom of the page, clickSupplemental Software.
Introduced before R2006a
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