>From what I've seen, basic development on javahelp has more or less been abandoned. See https://github.com/javaee/javahelp which is read only at this time. There are a few forks (my own [ https://github.com/ebresie/javahelp] included - which I've been trying to merge in changes from other branches) but not sure if this is the best option.
Eric Bresie [email protected] On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 3:30 PM Ernie Rael <[email protected]> wrote: > On 22/10/17 12:54 AM, Oliver Rettig wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > since years we miss a modern (on- and offline) help-viewer for your > netbeans > > platform applications. Now, we have just started a student project at the > > Cooperative State University Karlsruhe (Germany) to fill this gap. It > will run > > the next six months. > > > > Of course we have our specific needs and wishes but it will be great, if > we can > > implement something, which is interesting for many:-) > > > > My personal main point is, that I want to add documentation into > netbeans- > > platform modules. If I collect some modules to a platform app I want to > have a > > tool which collects the documentation parts from all the included modules > > automatically. I also want to integrate a help-viewer as on offline > viewer into > > the rcp-app by invoking a browser but I also want to push to a online- > > available documentation maybe into a docuwiki page. > > > > So, if you are interested please give us feedback what functionality you > like > > to see in a new Java-Help Viewer and if you know projects we have to > look in, > > or give us other hints about java-help. > > I've heard that NetBeans help was lost because of Apache licensing > restrictions; I don't know if that's true. If it is true, I've wondered > if a plugin could be built out of the java help infrastructure that > hooked into the existing NetBeans help. I never thought the help was > great, but I sure miss it. I don't suggest this in place of the > functionality you mention, but it might be a useful step that could be > quickly put in place. > > I very much like the ideas you mention of different ways to browse > through, and extend, NetBeans help and documentation. > > Best wishes for success, > -ernie > > > > > Here is a list what I have found just now and looks interesting for us: > > > > https://git.rwth-aachen.de/netbeans/nb-help > > https://github.com/AleksandraMisic762/help-in-browser-dev > > https://git.rwth-aachen.de/j.hofschroeer/nb-help > > https://github.com/hubersn/SwingHelpViewer > > > http://bits.netbeans.org/dev/javadoc/org-netbeans-modules-javahelp/org/netbeans/api/javahelp/doc-files/help-guide.html > > https://netbeans.apache.org/wiki/DevFaqHelpGuidelines.asciidoc > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/16262631/implementing-javahelp-search-with-the-netbeans-ide > > https://dzone.com/articles/nb-how-create-javahelp-mavenized > > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9994373/using-javahelp-for-end-user-documentation-on-netbeans-based-application-tools-o > > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7804838/embedding-avi-in-javahelp > > https://sourceforge.net/projects/jhelpdev/ > > https://www.netbeans-forum.de/viewtopic.php?t=6095 > > > https://github.com/DmitriPopov/HelpinatorReadTheDocs/blob/master/javahelp.rst > > > > > > best regards > > Oliver > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists > > > >
