Re: [Freedos-devel] Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel
Hi, a while ago I thought it would be useful, if programs can provide their own AMB (HTML) help files findable by the „help“ command. If I understand correctly, the help command as of now only works for commands contained in the global .AMB help file. The algorithm for „help appx" would be

Re: [Freedos-devel] Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 6:46 AM Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel wrote: > > Till now amb files were created by Mateusz Viste. If I remember right, > e.g. Hyperlinks within the text look absolutely different. > They were created by Mateusz because AMB was new at the time, so only Mateusz really

Re: [Freedos-devel] Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Jim Hall via Freedos-devel
On Sun, Jul 9, 2023 at 10:06 AM Jim Hall wrote: > I recall that Mateusz had a tool that could convert HTML files into > AMA format, but I can't find it [..] I found it: https://osdn.net/projects/amb/scm/svn/tree/head/samples/fdhelp2amb/ (note: the OSDN website is very slooow for me)

Re: [Freedos-devel]  Re: Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel
Till now amb files were created by Mateusz Viste. If I remember right, e.g. Hyperlinks within the text look absolutely different.--Diese Nachricht wurde von meinem Android Mobiltelefon mit mail.com Mail gesendet.Am 09.07.23, 13:41 schrieb "Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel" : One additional

Re: [Freedos-devel] Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Bernd Böckmann via Freedos-devel
One additional note: We also have AMB. Willi, are the AMB files created manually or converted from the HTML files? In case the source is the same, we have to stick to the lowest common denominator. AMB spec for example states that line wrapping is an optional feature. Not sure if the current

Re: [Freedos-devel] Second call for htmlhelp

2023-07-09 Thread Wilhelm Spiegl via Freedos-devel
Hi, this is a little modified copy of my mail to Jim.   Hi Jim, you are right, FreeDOS supports several tags, see: https://www.bootablecd.de/FreeDOS-Internet-version/help110/en/hhstndrd/authors/tags.htm   But please please keep away from doing this. There are a lot of reasons for this: a)