On 11/29/25 10:34, Chase via cdesktopenv-devel wrote:
From my study of the code, htag2 under dthelp/parser/pass2 is simply a
newer version of htag1 and ctag1 as they share 90% of the same code
with pass2 having newer SCCS file dates. Also unlike some of the other
parsers we have had like sgml to man which has been packaged
separately by distributions, no one is using these old parsers. We
don't use them anywhere either. I think there is a bigger case to stop
building and distributing these old parsers than there was even with
the font editor programs, at least those were graphical and built
parts of CDE. htag1 and ctag1 do nothing. I am always hesitant to
remove historical programs from CDE, but I truly feel these programs
serve no purpose anymore. I propose we stop building and distributing
them, and leave their inclusion optional to the user.
Well dtmail is probably one that should be removed as well as it does
not support "modern" things, like "security" :)
But - these parsers are used for producing the help system. I've
proposed getting rid of that in favor of just producing HTML (if
possible) and using a local browser.
The format it uses is SDL - which apparently some company licensed and
still sells, though a different version that's what incorporated in CDE
- at least when I looked at this some years ago.
The idea was that people might ship applications, and they would want to
also ship help files, and these are used to do that. I believe they are
still used to produce CDE's own help files. Haven't looked at that stuff
in while - but if they can be eliminated w/o breaking help generation,
I'm fine with that.
Better if dthelp and friends could be removed altogether with something
more modern, like HTML/browser :)
-jon
Thank you for your time,
-Chase
_______________________________________________
cdesktopenv-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
--
Jon Trulson
"The less you know, the more you believe."
-- Bono
_______________________________________________
cdesktopenv-devel mailing list
[email protected]
https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/cdesktopenv-devel
