Hello, I started working on getting HTMLHELP building with OpenWatcom because I don't have access to Borland C++ 3.1 in preparation for fixing some bugs. This was around the same time that Mateusz released the AMB format and converted the FreeDOS help HTML files to that format.
Should I continue on this effort or will AMB replace the existing HTMLHELP system? --Andy On Tue, Feb 2, 2021 at 3:39 PM Eric Auer <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Tom, > > Of course I meant Fritz Mueller who does have a lot > of experience in using HTMLHELP and working with help > texts for it. So I trust him that those bugs do exist. > He just is not on the mailing list, so I am forwarding. > > You wondered whether bugs depend on configuration: One > of the bugs is that if LANG=XX is set and no htmlhelp.XX > translation exists, the HELP exe hangs instead of just > using no translation. That does depend on configuration > but it could fail more gracefully. > > >> b) help.exe often crashes when moving around from index.htm to > >> sub-htm-files and back or from one sub-htm-file to other ones > >> and back. In many cases you have to reboot. > > > in case of 'often' it would be helpful to have examples of this > > That should be quantified better, yes. > > >> d) Referring to c): There is one more problem: At some files you > >> can move down with arrow up/down to this end (last shown line). > >> When you do so there are WRONG links shown THAT HAVE ABSOLUTELY > >> NOTHING TO DO with the actual htm file (no idea where help gets > >> them from). Sometimes this are correct links like > >> "hhstndrd/command/set.htm", sometimes only absolute nonsense > >> is shown at the left bottom. If you type "ENTER" the htm file > >> may be executed or you get an error message. that e.g. > >> "xyzcba_?DIR" cannot be found. > > That does indeed need a specific example. > > >> e) I created an internet version where special characters, > >> german Umlauts and french/spanish accents can be written > >> as e.g. "á". It is supported by help and Mateusz > >> Viste created his amb files out of it, but not when such > >> characters are written in the "<h1> special character</h1>" > >> header section. In this case help hangs. > > Fritz and Mateusz, where can the web version be downloaded? > > And Tom, as you know, Fritz is no DOS programmer. So while > it is cool that HTMLHELP is open source, he cannot fix it. > Some people may still find reading his bug reports useful. > > Eric > > > > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- --Andy
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