I am also an editor for Technically We Write (a website about
technical writing) and yesterday I wrote an article about how to write
"ebooks" in AMB format. If anyone would like a walkthrough that shows
how to write documentation in AMB format, here's the preview* article:
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
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
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)
ies. At least with Codepages. So they may
> look fine in english, but not in translation.
> Hope you can understand why I think it is no good idea to add "superfluous"
> tags in a DOS tool although I have to admit
> that it looks fine on modern systems.
>
> Willi
>
a to add "superfluous" tags in a DOS tool although I have to admit
that it looks fine on modern systems.
Willi
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2023 at 1:31 AM
From: "Jim Hall via Freedos-devel"
To: "Technical discussion and questions for FreeDOS developers."
C
I sent a separate email to Willi that included screenshots (the list
doesn't like screenshots) but I wanted to repeat this thought with the
list:
>>
BTW, I created my own index.htm file and ran a few tests. HTML Help
supports HTML coding structures - this is awesome! I honestly don't
remember if
On Sat, Jul 8, 2023 at 6:25 PM Jim Hall wrote:
>
> I sent a separate email to Willi that included screenshots (the list
> doesn't like screenshots) but I wanted to repeat this thought with the
> list:
>
>
> >>
> BTW, I created my own index.htm file and ran a few tests. HTML Help
> supports HTML
Hi,
meanwhile FDT2307 is published with Bernds new htmlhelp.exe.
It includes the actual unfinished english version 1.1.0 of help, other languages are in version 1.0.8.
With mail at:
https://www.mail-archive.com/freedos-devel@lists.sourceforge.net/msg14794.html
I asked you to help me at the
