On 13/12/2020 02:11, Jim Hall wrote:
This makes me wonder if we could adapt this to become a new version of the FreeDOS Help system.
No adaptation required I think. This is specifically one of the use cases I had in mind when developing AMB - as a simpler, lighter and more generic replacement of the FreeDOS htmlhelp.
thinking maybe we could create an alias or "shortcut" COM program that launches AMB to read the FreeDOS Help (with the correct language file).
I guess a simple BAT file would be enough. IF EXIST %DOSDIR%\doc\fdhelp.%LANG% GOTO LOCALLANG IF NOT EXIST %DOSDIR%\doc\fdhelp.%LANG% :LOCALLANG AMB %DOSDIR%\doc\fdhelp.%LANG% GOTO GAMEOVER :FALLBACK IF NOT EXIST %DOSDIR%\doc\fdhelp.en GOTO OOPS AMB %DOSDIR%\doc\fdhelp.en GOTO GAMEOVER :OOPS ECHO NO HELP DATA FILE INSTALLED. RUN "FDNPKG INSTALL HELP.%LANG%" :GAMEOVER
I'd love to have the FreeDOS books in there, too. https://www.freedos.org/books/ I don't think I have the free time to convert them, but if I sent you the ODT files, could you convert
Sure, if the books are terminal-friendly (ie. no illustrations or illustrations can be removed easily).
On 13/12/2020 02:24, Andy Stamp wrote:
I had been working on getting the existing HTMLHELP to compile in OpenWatcom as a pre-work step to fixing some of the existing bugs. But assuming this can handle the non-english languages it may be the way to go.
I had a look at HTMLHELP as well. It is an impressive piece of software, but insanely complex for what it is expected to do (display some text with links). That is the reason why I decided to create a dedicated format - something as simple as possible, so writing software for it is easy even with severe hardware limitations.
And yes, AMB does handle non-engligh languages (see the french FDHELP on the AMB project's web page).
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