Re: [docbook] Multiple htmlhelp files

[Bob McIlvride <Bob.McIlvride@cogent.ca>]

Hi Viliam,

We do more or less what you are talking about, but from a different 
perspective.  We create CHM files that have overlapping content--i.e. 
they contain some sections that are the same, and some that are unique 
to the particular product.

We approach the problem by creating the exact output we need in HTML, 
and then just converting it to CHM, and not dealing with merging CHM 
files at all.

We set up our Docbook source files based on a <set>, in which we can 
include or exclude various <book>s, depending on whether the product in 
question needs it.  Then, within each book, we include or exclude 
various <chapter>s depending on whether or not the product needs them. 
The same thing with <section>, <para>, or even individual lines of text.

Since we are still using Docbook 4.x, we do all of our include/exclude 
using entities.  From what I understand, you can accomplish the same 
thing using xinclude.

The principle is the same, though.  Set it up so that you specify and 
control the document(s) you need at the source, then generate individual 
output files for each specific product.

Hope that helps.

Viliam Búr wrote:
> I am writing a documentation to a program that consists of more modules. 
> It is provided in more versions with different sets of modules. Customer 
> should receive only those parts of help s/he needs. One CHM file can be 
> automatically included in another as a sub-node. So I need to make 
> multiple CHM files from one document.

Cheerio!

Bob
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