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Re: [docbook-apps] Printing from HTMLhelp doesn't work properly
- From: Denis Bradford <denis dot bradford at verizon dot net>
- To: Jirka Kosek <jirka at kosek dot cz>
- Cc: Kenneth Johansson <ke-joh at sectra dot se>, hertl at gisoft dot cz, 'DOCBOOK-APPS' <docbook-apps at lists dot oasis-open dot org>
- Date: 13 Jan 2004 20:40:09 -0500
- Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] Printing from HTMLhelp doesn't work properly
- References: <OF7C3F1A8C.41308D1E-ONC1256E19.0059ACDF@sectra.se> <4003B973.8060202@kosek.cz>
Good decision, Jirka. No telling what MS will trot out for Longhorn, but
it will NOT be the MS Help 2 that appears in Studio.NET. After negative
reaction from customer test sites, MS quietly announced about a year ago
that this help is dead, will not become a product. Having used it
myself, I consider this decision a blessing. If you must keep up with
each new MS Help du jour, you should be thankful that you won't have to
deal with this one.
Denis
On Tue, 2004-01-13 at 04:25, Jirka Kosek wrote:
> Kenneth Johansson wrote:
>
> > Aparantly this is a bug in HTML Help 1.x, which has been fixed in v. 2.2.
> > Will support for HTML Help 2.x be available for DocBook? Or is it available?
>
> I personally don't plan to implement MS Help 2 support in DocBook
> stylesheets. The reason is quite simple -- MS Help 2 is not standalone
> help system. Browser for this format is installed only with selected
> developers products like MS Visual Studio.NET and few others. It's usage
> is thus limited to very narrow group of MS developers. It is not
> possible to use this help format for your own appliacations as you can't
> expect runtime to be present on user's computer.
>
> Even MS will suggest you to use HTML Help 1.x until Longhorn will bring
> new XML based help system.
>
> Jirka
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Jirka Kosek
> e-mail: jirka@kosek.cz
> http://www.kosek.cz
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