TTDPatch manual in HTML Help format
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TTDPatch manual in HTML Help format
Hello everybody,
I have written a script that reads the HTML version of the TTDPatch manual, and writes an HTML Help project file (including contents and index), and also formats the pages more nicely using a stylesheet. I've released an HTML Help file, which you can download from http://www.owenrudge.net/download/download.php?t=2&id=8. The script, written in PHP, is a bit of a hack in some ways, but works - I'm not releasing this just now though.
I will release new versions of the CHM manual as new versions of TTDPatch come out. Hope someone finds this useful! Personally, I think the manual looks better with the new stylesheet than when it's all in Times New Roman. The features of HTML Help (including full-text search) are also very useful.
I have written a script that reads the HTML version of the TTDPatch manual, and writes an HTML Help project file (including contents and index), and also formats the pages more nicely using a stylesheet. I've released an HTML Help file, which you can download from http://www.owenrudge.net/download/download.php?t=2&id=8. The script, written in PHP, is a bit of a hack in some ways, but works - I'm not releasing this just now though.
I will release new versions of the CHM manual as new versions of TTDPatch come out. Hope someone finds this useful! Personally, I think the manual looks better with the new stylesheet than when it's all in Times New Roman. The features of HTML Help (including full-text search) are also very useful.
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Ooh, it's sticky! Did you do this, spiff?
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Well i really like the new help file - easy to use, quick to reference...
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I use the PDF... Works allmost the same doesn't it??
And how did you make that? I want to be able to create help files for my programs...
And how did you make that? I want to be able to create help files for my programs...
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I wrote a horribly hackish PHP script that went through all the HTML files and added a stylesheet to each (this bit wasn't the hackish bit). I then parsed the table of contents and index to create an HHC and HHK file respectively. (These are contents and index files for HTML Help). It then created an HPJ file (HTML Help project file), which could be built with HTML Help Workshop.
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Me too I would be interrested as well.. But since I didn't make anything usefull, probably the chances are small i'll get itPatchman wrote:I'd be interested in the PHP file. It would be really nice if I could automate this and always make the HTML help file whenever I update the manual. I wonder if there's a texi2chm command...
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Hehe wel it's out of interrest (I swear)... Maybe I can learn some more PHP by taking a look at it...
Hehe wel it's out of interrest (I swear)... Maybe I can learn some more PHP by taking a look at it...
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Thanks a lot Owen
The Manual really made it a lot easier to check usage of some switches, etc.. - overall - id give it a 99/100 -(I didnt give it 100 cause i am just too mean)
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