Re: xhelp

[Kevin Forge <forgeltd@usa.net>]

Two Ducks wrote:
> 
> What the hell.
> 
> Since there has been no decision on what help browser we are using 
>
There will be no decision.  The reason is simple.  Write help in
proven formats ( Preferably HTML for the links and extensive support ).
Then use whatever help browser works with our chosen desktop and
supports this format.  
>
> It still only does html, text, tar.gz html, and man pages, though 
> the display is a little cleaner (a better html widget.)
> 
As far as I can tell all the X based help browsers are being written
to work properly with all the listed formats.  The only difficulty
is making them use these formats in the same way.
>
> Ken

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