Custom help xml path for python toolbox pyt

[AustinMilt]

Can I tell ArcGIS to use a custom help xml for a Python toolbox (.pyt)?

I really just want to use the automated xml, but move it to a different directory because it clutters up the directory that the toolbox is in.

[ShaunWalbridge · Accepted solution]

Austin,

I don't think there's any way of doing this built-in, but you could add an idea or an enhancement request if you think this behavior would be useful. I could imagine something like a new attribute in a tool's init method which referenced another location.

I generally am managing the .pyt.xml files in Git, and only use git's status to look at my directories, so don't usually see the documentation files directly.

cheers,
Shaun

[AustinMilt]

Austin,

I don't think there's any way of doing this built-in, but you could add an idea or an enhancement request if you think this behavior would be useful. I could imagine something like a new attribute in a tool's init method which referenced another location.

I generally am managing the .pyt.xml files in Git, and only use git's status to look at my directories, so don't usually see the documentation files directly.

cheers,
Shaun

How would I submit an enhancement request?

[JeffJacobson]

How would I submit an enhancement request?

http://ideas.arcgis.com/