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From: pd@x.co.uk (Paul Davey)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x,comp.windows.x.motif,alt.hypertext
Subject: Re: Are there any help systems out there?
Message-ID: <PD.91Apr8184112@powys.x.co.uk>
Date: 8 Apr 91 17:41:12 GMT
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In-Reply-To: gillett@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu's message of 3 Apr 91 21:46:16 GMT


We have a hypertext help system called X.deskhelp.

X.Deskhelp uses ascii files and divides books (files) into pages which
can be navigated between via, 

Next/Previous page buttons, 
Embedded hypertext links,
Topic (keyword type) search 
Customisable menus
Text messages sent from (any number of) applications 
(allows for context sensitive help when F1 key is pressed.)

X based, Motif 1.0 or 1.1 and already licenced to oems who are not
using it with X.desktop. (X.deskhelp allows even more functionality
when used with X.desktop).
 
It uses ascii files so that any plain text file such as a formatted
manual entry can be displayed in the help window. Index pages can be
written to provide hypertext links to other files when selected with
the mouse.

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