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Paul Stevens · 11-06-2003, 01:23 PM

Well, I can increase that to $0.04.

I agree that portability between operating systems
is unneeded. I believe that CocoaSpud originally
wanted portability but it seems to me that the hope
is all but abandoned. He may disagree!

I agree that HTML has drawbacks. It would seem to
require some kind of 'Help Shell' to make it useful
for our purposes. But this is from pretty much total
ignorance of the subject.

I have never created a PDF document and have no notion
of how well it would adapt to a Help file. I know it
makes great manuals.

An advantage of using the 'Microsoft' way is that it
can be reasonably integrated into the DC editor so that,
for example, you can get context-sensitive help. Isn't
there a little of this in the current editor?

Microsoft has abandoned the old help-file format. They
now have some sort of browser-based help. I have no
idea what it is, how it works, or whether it is reasonable
for amatuers like ourselves. I also have no idea if the
old help file format can be integrated with the next
generation of Windows and Visual C++.

I don't think I have any cents left. (Maybe I should
rephrase that.)

11-06-2003, 01:23 PM	#14
Paul Stevens Drow Warrior Join Date: July 8, 2003 Location: Madison, Wisconsin Age: 85 Posts: 296	Well, I can increase that to $0.04. I agree that portability between operating systems is unneeded. I believe that CocoaSpud originally wanted portability but it seems to me that the hope is all but abandoned. He may disagree! I agree that HTML has drawbacks. It would seem to require some kind of 'Help Shell' to make it useful for our purposes. But this is from pretty much total ignorance of the subject. I have never created a PDF document and have no notion of how well it would adapt to a Help file. I know it makes great manuals. An advantage of using the 'Microsoft' way is that it can be reasonably integrated into the DC editor so that, for example, you can get context-sensitive help. Isn't there a little of this in the current editor? Microsoft has abandoned the old help-file format. They now have some sort of browser-based help. I have no idea what it is, how it works, or whether it is reasonable for amatuers like ourselves. I also have no idea if the old help file format can be integrated with the next generation of Windows and Visual C++. I don't think I have any cents left. (Maybe I should rephrase that.)