Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on September 02, 2005 03:07 AM
I've been a tech writer for over 10 years, and the problem described here goes beyond<nobr> <wbr></nobr>.chm files and HTML Help. Creating online help for web apps has its own demands that are cross-platform in nature. Using simple HTML is not sufficient: web app users need to have contents, search, and index functionality. Currently, there is no good FOSS alternative there either.
XML seems to be an obvious answer, especially for single-source needs, but the tool chains are long and unreliable. There is an Eclipse path with OrangeVolt XSLT and Vex XML editor, but I never got it running as <a href="http://blog.mea-culpa.net/?p=13" title="mea-culpa.net">zx described in his blog</a mea-culpa.net>. Even so, the HTML output doesn't include online help tools, like a search.
It's frustrating because the resources and tools for a solution are there, but it requires some work. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, or I'd throw myself into such a project.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on September 02, 2005 03:07 AMXML seems to be an obvious answer, especially for single-source needs, but the tool chains are long and unreliable. There is an Eclipse path with OrangeVolt XSLT and Vex XML editor, but I never got it running as <a href="http://blog.mea-culpa.net/?p=13" title="mea-culpa.net">zx described in his blog</a mea-culpa.net>. Even so, the HTML output doesn't include online help tools, like a search.
It's frustrating because the resources and tools for a solution are there, but it requires some work. Unfortunately, I'm not a programmer, or I'd throw myself into such a project.
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