How can I bring up custom documentation html files directly from the command line via the doc command?

I have created custom documentation files.

Now, how can I implement the following behavior:

Typing

>>doc my_function

should display the custom function's documentation html file I created.

Answer 1

[MathWorks Support Team]

You cannot use the DOC function to open custom html documentation files from the MATLAB command line.

There are two workarounds:

1. Use the MATLAB command below:

>>docsearch my_function

This will bring up a hit in the documentation center with a link to your page.

 2. Use the "web" function, as shown below:

>> web('absolute_path_to_the_file\my_function.html')

You would have to know the full path to the html file in this case. It may be helpful in this case to wrap the call to "web" in a function that indexes the documentation to the toolbox. As an example, see the function below:

function toolbox_doc(fun_name)
     switch fun_name
          case <fun_one>
               web('path/to/fun_one.html');
          case <fun_two>
               web('path/to/fun_two.html');
     end
end