Yes, this looks quite nice. I have to admit I don't miss the integrated JavaHelp functionality. It is 21st century and people google for problems - (especially) developers don't need integrated help anymore, imho. Should, however, the NetBeans project want to get JavaHelp-like behavior back, then I think Jen's project would be a very good base. Nothing has to be changed in the NetBeans modules, we have the documentation. The registrations in
https://github.com/nigjo/nb-help/blob/main/src/main/java/de/rwthaachen/wzl/gt/nbm/nbhelp/HelpDisplayer.java would just take care of rendering the existing help pages in the browser. Great work! Thank you, Jens. -jt čt 18. 3. 2021 v 12:48 odesílatel Geertjan Wielenga <[email protected]> napsal: > > Great progress, thank you for taking this on. > > Gj > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2021 at 12:33 PM Jens Hofschröer <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Am 08.03.2021 um 11:33 schrieb Jens Hofschröer: > > > Hi > > > > > > Am 07.03.2021 um 18:49 schrieb Eric Bresie: > > >> I’ve seen a few threads which seems to indicate the way forward is to > > >> have > > >> the help materials to be translated into some common format (i.e. either > > >> html, asciidoc, docwiki) and then render either in a internal/external > > >> web > > >> view or have some new component to render the context as applicable. To > > >> minimize the work on updating help, I believe the hope was these would > > be > > >> basically backwards compatible to reduce the need for too much > > >> translation. > > >> > > >> So all that said, is anyone actively developing an Alternative Help? > > > >> Or is the way forward to create help in some specific non-JavaHelp > > > way and > > > > any dependencies on Java-Help replace by something else? > > > > > > > > > > May be I can extract the more generic part an open source it, but I can > > > not say in which time frame due to my daily work. > > > > Here is an eary version: https://github.com/nigjo/nb-help > > > > The default implementation just sends the JavaHelp page to the local > > Browser. No navigation like in JavaHelp itself. It is possible to reuse > > this in an RCP and the implementations can be replaced by own > > "renderers". I updated our own help system to use this module, so this > > might be updated in the future. > > > > There are currently not that many JavaDocs, but most is done via > > services. Also there are no security checks for the output, so be aware > > and use it only in an trusted environment. > > > > Jens > > > > -- > > http://blog.nigjo.de/netbeans/ > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > >
