From: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com (jeffdb) Subject: Re: CD-based distribution (was Another website....) 20 Aug 1998 12:29:19 -0700 Message-ID: <35dc50fd.88738934.cygnus.gnu-win32@mail.goodnet.com> References: Reply-To: jeffdbREMOVETHIS AT goodnet DOT com Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: gnu-win32 AT cygnus DOT com info.exe has a search facility, AND will read gzip compressed files. texinfo compiles/links OOB with B19.1, why this isn't in the faq (and the default user-tools build), I don't know. On Mon, 17 Aug 1998 10:36:29 -0400, you wrote: >HTML help files are a good idea provided the user has a decent browser >installed (probably nearly all desktops these days). Plenty of tools >exist to convert man and tekinfo files to HTML (I assume). > >One problem using static files for help is the lack of a search >facility. I've heard Microsoft has done something for Win98, but that >won't help us since the GNU-win32 distribution is targetting Win95/NT >too. Maybe someone can build a help engine based on Apache though... > >Marcus Brown wrote: >> >> An Idea, >> How about using HTML Help as opposed to .info/man files? This is an >> up'n'coming help system that seems to be gaining a lot of ground, just a >> suggestion... >> >> Jeff Sturm wrote: >> >The 'man' command should be included. What about HTML, or (ick) >> Windows >> >.hlp files? >> >> >Jeff Sturm >> >jsturm AT sigma6 DOT com - For help on using this list (especially unsubscribing), send a message to "gnu-win32-request AT cygnus DOT com" with one line of text: "help".