The makehelp command reads a file, assumed to contain help for the specified topic, and either displays it using the help viewer, or adds it to a library help database.  The file can be either a Maple worksheet or flat text.

The topic can be of the form `name`, or `name1/name2`. Filenames should match the conventions for your system. Note that filename characters that are special to Maple (such as the backslash character itself) must be preceded by a backslash when entering the string in Maple. (For example, "c:\\mydir\\myfile.txt".)

If a third argument is specified, the makehelp command saves the resulting help page in the specified library help database.

If the optional argument aliases=A is specified, where A is a list of strings and names, then these are added to the help database as aliases for the topic.

If the optional argument browser=B is specified, where B is a list of strings and names, then these are added to the help database as table-of-contents entries for the topic.

Like the topic, an alias or a table-of-contents entry can be of the form `name` or `name1/name2`.

The makehelp command displays the created help page using the help viewer (unless the call to makehelp was terminated with a colon).