Seems to be a good project. Could someone from LazCore make a test on it?
I think it should be a step foward to a Lazarus' Embedded Help System 2012/7/28 Kostas Michalopoulos <badsectorac...@gmail.com> > I just noticed this (there is a lot of activity in the mailing list and i > only browse it occasionally). > > On 10/7/2012 6:39 μμ, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> My question still stands though. I don't know what is the >> recommendation for "application help" with LCL based applications. eg: >> I create a new project which is a new Programming Editor. I want to >> supply a end-user help file with my binary - like all good software >> does. What help file format do I use (as the developer of that >> product), and how do I create/edit that help file? >> >> > Personally i have written a custom help system: > > http://badsector.github.com/**lazhelp/<http://badsector.github.com/lazhelp/> > > It is made up of a bunch of components that can either provide the help > content from inside the program (f.e. from a resource or just a string > list) or from an external file. The help can be displayed as a > popup/tooltip, inside a panel using a custom control or a separate window > with back, forward, home and other optional buttons (like introduction, > tutorial, etc). It can also be registered as a help provider for LCL (so > you can use HelpContext etc in controls). > > The viewer is written with LCL so it should be portable (although there > are some inconsistencies, especially regarding scrollbars). There aren't > many things supported by the language (which has a simple syntax) but it > should be enough for simple applications. For larger help sites, it > probably needs more stuff (f.e. there is no table support). > > I have used it for Runtime World, my 3D world editor: > > http://chiselapp.com/user/**badsector/repository/rtworld/<http://chiselapp.com/user/badsector/repository/rtworld/> > > and for LILCard, a hypercard-like program: > > https://github.com/badsector/**lilcard<https://github.com/badsector/lilcard> > > (the latter shows how the help system can become part of the executable > itself since lilcard is a single executable in all platforms) > > The reason i made it is, as you have said in other threads, i find Lazarus > current help situation to be inadequate at least. Additionally, i don't > want to distribute a huge executable for viewing CHM files (in the case the > user's computer do not have the ability to view CHM files) and i find the > CHM viewer's user interface to be somewhat complex. > > Kostas "Bad Sector" Michalopoulos > > > > -- > ______________________________**_________________ > Lazarus mailing list > Lazarus@lists.lazarus.**freepascal.org<Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org> > http://lists.lazarus.**freepascal.org/mailman/**listinfo/lazarus<http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus> > -- ________________________________ William de Oliveira Ferreira
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