Re: [docbook-apps] Thanks!

[Barton Wright <ordinant@gmail.com>]

Hi Mary,

Ditto what Nat said. 

Thanks!
~Barton Wright


> Hi Mary,
> 
> I'd be interested in your solutions to your webhelp issues. I've currently got webhelp in beta, with HTML and PDF in production. I've come across a number of webhelp issues and I'm not happy with this format yet.
> 
> Nat
> 
>> On 5/09/2014, at 1:35 pm, Mary Tabasko <tabasko@telerama.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, gang.
>> 
>> I just joined this list, and I wanted to start off by offering
>> a HUGE thanks to everyone who maintains the DocBook Stylesheets
>> and the related resources.
>> 
>> (I accidentally sent this message to the docbook list; this is a resend
>> to the right address.)
>> 
>> We have been using them where I work for years, and we would
>> not be able to do the things we've done without them! Over the
>> years, I've been asked to do some things that I was not sure would
>> be possible, but the stylesheets have provided a terrific basis for
>> a bunch of crazy things.
>> 
>> So thanks!
>> 
>> We are just finishing up a project to move some large documents
>> we produced as Microsoft Help (CHM) output to the Webhelp format.
>> We've been trying to replace MSHelp (the compiler is getting harder
>> and harder to keep running), but were having no luck finding a suitable
>> replacement, until we stumbled on the Webhelp transforms.
>> 
>> We did run into some non-trivial issues and ended up doing a fair
>> amount of work to get what we wanted, but we got very close
>> to our wishlist, and it wouldn't have been possible without the
>> Webhelp transforms. So thanks again.
>> 
>> I didn't want to dump a long list of the issues we had and
>> how we dealt with them, but if anyone is interested, I'd be
>> happy to describe them (and send a screen shot of what we
>> ended up with). Some of it might be useful or informative
>> in relation to a few of the bug/issue reports I've seen on them,
>> but I don't want to offer unsolicited input.
>> 
>> Thanks again! You guys rock!
>> 
>> -- Mary Tabasko
>> 
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