Hi, I have used JavaHelp consequently in my platform apps for the last 10 years with all its disadavantages but it fulfills my main needs. So it was ok. And the best thing was it works and I have not to think about this.
Now it is not available any more and I think we should better think about a substitution instead of bringing it back. I would prefer a solution with the following points included: - xml based - possibilty to create pdfs - online/offline integration - html-based view (we can use a integrated browser in our platform apps) - netbeans modules should include help-page, so that if we update a module the corresponding help-pages are updated. best regards Oliver > I've been thinking for at least a decade and a half that javahelp needs to > die. It's basically a clone of the Windows 3.1 help system. Evidence was, > last I knew, that it was rarely used by real users. > > Online help would, IMHO, be fine in this era. > > -Tim > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2018 at 6:15 AM Peter Nabbefeld <peter.nabbef...@gmx.de> > > wrote: > > Hello, > > > > as JavaHelp is currently GPL and its UI is outdated: > > What will happen to user documentation? > > > > While JavaHelp might be licensed under AL2, it still suffers from UI > > support. > > > > What about some JavaHelp 3.0 (which probably needs a new name), building > > on Lucene but with a replaceable GUI (probably based on Servo renderer)? > > > > Just an idea ... > > > > Kind regards > > > > Peter > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@netbeans.incubator.apache.org > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > -- > > http://timboudreau.com
