[lazarus] hello lazarus team

Marco van de Voort marcov at stack.nl
Sat Dec 15 09:54:47 EST 2001


> At 13:58 15.12.01 +0000, you wrote:
> > > Has anyone an idea how the online help system should work?
> > > html, remote control the default browser, devhelp, own help system ...?
> >
> >Please, not the default browser ! It's so slow...
> >
> >Maybe we could use the windows .hlp format, i don't know how it works in
> >details.
> >
> >I think it's possible to make a little help system. I could try to code
> >it, if you think it can be usable.
> 
> What about "ripping" the help system of the FPC text mode IDE?
> It can display at least .tph and .html

Because the .HLP could be used natively on win32, while afaik it doesn't have
disadvantages on the other platforms. The files are internally ocmpressed,
indexed via a btree directory, iow the structure seems reasonably smart.







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