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Environment

  • TeXstudio: 4.9.2
  • Qt: 6.10.1
  • OS: Windows11
  • TeX distribution: MiKTeX

In TeXstudio the Help → Packages Help... menu calls:

texdoc --nointeract --view <package>

When using MiKTeX this fails to locate the correct documentation.
The reason is that MiKTeX’s texdoc is actually mthelp, and with the --nointeract option it does not properly search for the documentation.

Example:

texdoc --nointeract --view graphicx

This does not open the expected documentation, while

texdoc --view graphicx

works correctly.

The --nointeract option works with the texdoc implementation from TeX Live, but it appears incompatible with the MiKTeX version.

Suggestion:
Do not pass --nointeract unconditionally when invoking texdoc, or detect MiKTeX and omit this option.

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