> Just out of curiosity, can Eclipse's help system > package use Apache > Xalan (the cocoon default)? or does it require > Saxon? > > -jean > You just need anything that can build xhtml and an xml nav tree. I dont know anything about Xalan, but if it can accomplish that like Saxon does, then its fine.
Incidentally, I'm working on creating a process for anyone to download Eclipse and use it as a help system on their local machines or with a web server to display the Derby docs online. I found an IBM implementation of the Eclipse workbench that has been stripped down to the minimum for Help Systems by the Websphere developers, and includes the proper jre. Much smaller than the full download, but it does require a license, so I'm not sure if we can use that legally. Does anyone know? If not, we can always recreate it ourselves by downloading the full Eclipse and stripping it down, but I had more success using the Websphere implementation, since it already included the jre. I'm not a developer, and I know very little about java, so I wasnt able to set up my environment correctly without the included jre. I'm sure most of you would not have a problem with that...:) Anyways, you'll find the Websphere implementation at: http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/download/preconfig.jsp?id=2003-12-15+11%3A44%3A17.805174R&S_TACT=104CBW71&S_CMP=&s= The license is displayed when you try to download it. Once you have it on your Windows-based machine, all you need to do to run the help system is run the "WebSphere help start.bat" file, which will hang for a second and then launch your browser. Dont forget to run the end bat file after use to end the process. Once you set that up and confirm its working, its a simple matter of installing the Derby doc plugin. I've already done that, but I'll need some more time to document the process. Once I'm finished, I'll post it here. Jeff
