From: Tim E. R. <ter...@ro...> - 2013-04-12 19:47:42
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On April 12, 2013 06:17:11 PM Florian Jung wrote: > Am 23.02.2013 05:55, schrieb Tim E. Real: > > On February 22, 2013 02:32:19 AM Tim E. Real wrote: > >> ... ... also try context-sensitive help by using a library > >> > >> or Qt HTML features. > > > > Ah yes, I knew there had to be something since Qt Designer has it: > > > > http://qt-project.org/doc/qt-4.8/qthelp-framework.html > > > > There is the answer for sure. Don't re-invent the wheel. > > > > It is sophisticated, handles some tricky problems and they > > > > put a lot into it, but it's fairly straightforward. > > > > It does indexing with full-text searches, QtAssistant vs. embedded > > > > help viewing etc. > > > > It relies, of course, on a cross-reference list (an XML file), > > > > which can do much more than that. > > > > The only thing that worries me is that I suspect the list would > > > > quickly become out of date if we're not careful to maintain it. > > > > And it *only* works with HTML files. It does not handle PDFs. > > > > (I can see now that homegrown PDF support would be difficult.) > > > > Well there it is folks, if we want to use it. > > we do want! > are there any beginnings on this already? No not at all, from my side. > if not, i could probably quickly hack together some help infrastructure, > just populating it with helpful information will take long and require > your help. Sure, do read the docs, it does have some powerful features so we want to make sure we do it right. Tim. > > flo > > > Tim. > > |