On April 12, 2013 06:17:11 PM Florian Jung wrote:
> Am 23.02.2013 05:55, schrieb Tim E. Real:
> > On February 22, 2013 02:32:19 AM Tim E. Real wrote:
> >> ... ... also try context-sensitive help by using a library
> >> 
> >>  or Qt HTML features.
> > 
> > Ah yes, I knew there had to be something since Qt Designer has it:
> > 
> > http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qthelp-framework.html
> > 
> > There is the answer for sure. Don't re-invent the wheel.
> > 
> > It is sophisticated, handles some tricky problems and they
> > 
> >  put a lot into it, but it's fairly straightforward.
> > 
> > It does indexing with full-text searches, QtAssistant vs. embedded
> > 
> >  help viewing etc.
> > 
> > It relies, of course, on a cross-reference list  (an XML file),
> > 
> >  which can do much more than that.
> > 
> > The only thing that worries me is that I suspect the list would
> > 
> >  quickly become out of date if we're not careful to maintain it.
> > 
> > And it *only* works with HTML files. It does not handle PDFs.
> > 
> > (I can see now that homegrown PDF support would be difficult.)
> > 
> > Well there it is folks, if we want to use it.
> 
> we do want!
> are there any beginnings on this already?

No not at all, from my side.

> if not, i could probably quickly hack together some help infrastructure,
> just populating it with helpful information will take long and require
> your help.

Sure, do read the docs, it does have some powerful features so
 we want to make sure we do it right.

Tim.
> 
> flo
> 
> > Tim.
> > 


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