Jacopo, A) The hard code in fieldlookup.js will go away when all forms are documented. That will leave the code that test for locale. I'm open for suggestions on how that could be done in some other way but given what I see as the superiority of the proposed solution I do not think this should be a show stopper.
B) Code was added in ofbiz-component.xml when BIRT was moved to specialpurpose. That code caused the current help to break. The latest code for the proposed system is not effected by ofbiz-component.xml. This is because it is at the webapp not component level. ofbiz-component.xml can revert back to what it was. Note: If you do not use the proposed system you will need to go back and do something with the BIRT ofbiz-component.xml (which needs work in any case). It causes birt help to be invoked when you try to open accounting help (or any of the other components mounted in BIRT). C) All the help was placed in the content component because it was the home for a subset of the docbook xls distribution. It made sense to replace that code with the latest implementation and keep everything in one place rather then do something in special purpose or hot deploy with a duplicate xls code. It also makes sense since help is content and not an application. I do not see how moving the content to the application will make it independent. Are you going to duplicate the docbook distribution in each application? D) Covered by Jacques E) As Jacques noted it is transformed by ant using docbook xls. I do not understand his comment "So maintenance worries" F) It is loaded by the docbook xsl webhelp web application which is the heart of the system. webhelp makes extensive use of jquery. Also Re: "In my opinion we can't have the luxury to maintain two help systems in OFBiz." True - when I have updated as promised the current system can and should be removed. That said the code will support both systems during transition. Re: "Help links should point to a URL that is retrieved from the UI labels file (to support i18n). That way Help content can be located anywhere - inside or outside OFBiz." Help is invoked using a mechanism similar to the current system (themes). It supports i18n in some logic in fieldlookup.js as mentioned in (A). All of the help files are compiled HTML (unlike the current system which is transformed at runtime). They could just as easily be deployed to the OFBiz site or any other web site. They are also easily transformed into pdf and can be posted anywhere. I look forward to any other questions or comments you may have. Tom -- View this message in context: http://ofbiz.135035.n4.nabble.com/OFBIZ-4941-tp4637418p4637441.html Sent from the OFBiz - Dev mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
