RE: Any open source help software tools?

["Joe Malin" <jmalin -at- tuvox -dot- com>]

I use Oracle Help for Java and Oracle Help for the Web. Though they're
not strictly speaking "open-source", they are free and extensively
modifiable. The key "closed source" part is the built-in browser. Since
both tools are written in Java, they are very extendable.

Now, those are helpset display systems. If you're asking about HATs,
then I don't know any offhand. To use OHJ and OHW, all you really need
is a text editor, since all it really uses is HTML and XML. A
for-purpose HTML editor like Dreamweaver is a definite plus. A
for-purpose XML editor really isn't necessary.

Joe


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Bruce Byfield wrote:
> Seeing these threads about help software flit through my Inbox, I 
> started wondering: Is anyone using an open source help tool? Does such

> a thing even exist?


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