Re: [docbook-apps] New Branch: website5

[Denis Bradford <denis.bradford@verizon.net>]

Hi David,

Sorry I missed the WebHelp project -- you're right, the features I had 
in mind do suggest user assistance.

I'm not sure what should be in the Index tab, but I'll see if I can help.

Thanks,
Denis


David Cramer wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Denis Bradford [mailto:denis.bradford@verizon.net] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2010 4:32 PM
> To: DocBook Apps Mailing-List
> Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] New Branch: website5
> 
> <snip>
> 
>> The benefits just might be worth the effort. Making Website a DocBook 
>> output option, instead of a separate dialect, would increase its value
> 
>> for technical documentation -- a low-tech, frameless alternative to 
>> Eclipse infocenters and HTML-based help browsers.
> 
> Hi Denis,
> Sorry, just catching up on this thread.
> 
> You might be interested in Kasun Gajasinghe's WebHelp GSOC project: 
> http://docbook.xmlpress.net/tiki-index.php?page=webhelp_proj
> 
> This project is turns standard DocBook into user assistance for webapps
> and in other situations where you need a crossplatform/crossbrowser help
> solution, but is similar to what you want. The index tab is currently a
> low-priority item relative to the other features, but is definitely in
> the scope. If you've already got some code that creates the content for
> an index tab (similar to an the Eclipse or HTML Help index), I'm sure
> Kasun would love to see it. 
> 
> The project will improve on the prototype here:
> http://www.thingbag.net/docbook/docbook-webhelp/index.html
> 
> The goal is to do it without a frameset, improve the toc, and improve
> the search. Kasun and I have currently deprioritized an index tab in
> favor of search highlighting, but if you've already done the work,
> perhaps the index tab would make it back in.
> 
> David
> 
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