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- This is the README for helpfilebuilder 1.0, a useful tool to build helpfiles
- for NEXTSTEP programs. This command-line utility reads an application's
- main nib file which contains the menus and creates an RTFD for each menu
- item. These RTFD's will look just like the ones in Workspace or Edit.
-
- The files for leaf menu cells (commands) will contain the following:
- 1: command name
- 2: menu path picture
- 3: separator lines and the string "See also"
- 4: links to next, previous and parent menupages
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- The filenames for commands are: commandname.cmd.rtfd.
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- The files for branch menu cells (menus) will contain the following:
- 1: command name
- 2: menu path picture
- 3: picture of all the submenus with links to the corresponding
- helpfiles
- 3: separator lines and the string "See also"
- 4: links to next, previous and parent menupages
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- The filenames for menus are: menuname.mn.rtfd.
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- The program also generates a TOC (Table Of Contents) file.
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- Recommended usage:
- 1: Create a help directory in your project using ProjectBuilder's
- "Add Help Directory" command. The newly created directory
- will alredy contain a Table Of Contents and an Index file.
- 2: run helpfilebuilder the following way:
- >helpfilebuilder English.lproj/Main.nib Helpdirectory
- 3: Paste everything from the TOC file into the Table Of Contents file.
- 4: At this point type the descriptions of the menus into the helpfiles,
- and create any extra links and help pages you may need.
- 5: Open the HelpBuilder panel in Interface Builder and make the
- connections between the menus and the help pages.
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- Supported Architectures: m68k,i386 and hppa
- OS version: helpfilebuilder was built on NS 3.2 and it has been
- verified to be working on NS 3.1.
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- Limitations: helpfilebuilder creates helpfiles for the menus only.
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- helpfilebuilder 1.0 was written by Robert Vasvari with some helpful
- suggestions from Eric P. Scott and Lee Worden.
- The work was sponsored by Filoli Information Systems of Palo Alto, CA.
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- Licensing:
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- helpfilebuilder is a copyrighted work, distributed free of charge
- for personal, educational, and commercial use. It may not
- be sold for profit, nor incorporated in products sold for
- profit without the express permission of the author. However,
- recognized NeXT User Groups may include it on diskettes, tapes,
- CD-ROMs, or other media priced above time-and-materials costs
- for fundraising purposes. This software may be placed on
- Internet archive sites or other public software archives
- provided that no "download" or other "enhanced services"
- charges are assessed for access.
-
- Only a nonexclusive license to use is granted; all other rights
- are retained by the copyright holder.
-
- Please do not redistribute modified versions of this package.
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- Author's address:
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- Robert Vasvari
- <vrobi@ernie.sfsu.edu> (NeXT Mail discouraged)
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- Feel free to drop me a line with any requests, suggestions
- or bug reports. If you use this program, I WOULD LIKE TO
- HEAR FROM YOU!
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- Enjoy!!...
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