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[Dick Hollenbeck <dick@...>]

wafeliron wrote:
> Hello there developers,
> I like the content of the documentation but needs to be more
> proffesionalised and found a way to do that. wxWidgets ships a sample
> class to show chm like documentation. There is then no need to have
> other programs installed pdf readers / webbrowser / openoffice. I
> bought a HelpBlocks license to help you guys out. If i have the kicad
> part done i will show. 
>
> If you look for the sample look in wx2.8-samples/samples/help/
>
> Greets,
> Jerry

The move to PDF was recent. Obviously somebody thought it was a good 
idea. 

Users do not need to have Open Office installed. Any one else 
complaining about installing Open Office is probably a whiner any way. 
Open Office is free, it works great, and exports to PDF great. 

No need for a webbrowser? Can't say that this has been bothering me 
since about 1994.

So I do not share your enthusiasm for this solution. 

What needs to be done is enhance the content, not the delivery mechanism 
in my opinion. The help text has lots of room for improvement, and Open 
Office was designed to edit text.

Dick



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