help file is expeced to be viewed just in windows with explorer

algorithms-animator/devel/src$ grep 'explorer' *.py
csc321init.py: os.system('explorer.exe '+helpfile)
csc321show.py: os.system("explorer.exe "+self.help)

so I propose

    def HelpSearch(self):

        try:

            if 'win' == os.sys.platform[:3]:

                os.system('explorer.exe '+helpfile)

            if 'lin' == os.sys.platform[:3]:

                #os.system('x-www-browser '+helpfile) would have to wait for return (browser close)

                os.spawnl(os.P_NOWAIT, '/usr/bin/x-www-browser', '', helpfile)

        except:

            tkMessageBox.showwarning(ProgramName, 'Problem connecting to browser')

and similary in showhelp() , jsut self.help instead of helpfile