On 8/6/07, Jani Monoses <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > There's this statement in the spec that I do not agree with at all: > > "Xubuntu developer team members have suggested that it would be easier to > code the > Xubuntu Documentation Browser than to removed the Gnome libs from yelp." > > In general I doubt writing something from scratch is easier that adapting an > existing app.
I just did it in a few days Jani. Xhelp is already able to load a pure HTML file in its window. > Did anyone look at yelp sources before starting this project? I myself. But I realize that instead of wasting time to understand how another program is designed i prefer to code another one from scratch and that's what I did in a few days. > What about placing a help launcher in the panel just like Ubuntu. Put xfhelp4 > in a launcher with a nice icon. > Done :) Yes but the Xubuntu Documentation Browser need was raised because Ubuntu has Yelp, Xubuntu doesn't have such an equivalent (ehm didn't have). > Having said that, I am not stopping anyone from working on something they > enjoy and that may be useful eventually, > nor am I trying to make people spend their free time on something they'd > rather leave alone. Just pointing out > that this is not how I would go about this problem. No problem. Thanks for expressing your opinion. Bye, -- Colossus Xarchiver, a Linux GTK+2 only archive manager - http://xarchiver.xfce.org -- xubuntu-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/xubuntu-devel
