I have thought about this question of integrating help into OpenJUMP quite a bit.
Here are some of my thoughts, if anyone is interested: [1] We could use the JavaHelp system. It seems fairly comprehensive, is being developed and maintained by Sun Microsystems, and offers a help system most users are familiar with. [2] We could simply open a PDF file as Peppe suggested. The only problem with this route is that the user will have to have a PDF reader installed and OpenJUMP will need to be able to find it. [3] I have considered putting together a simple help viewer for OpenJUMP. This help viewer displays plain text on its left pane, and images and image captions on its right. I thought of this help viewer because it separates text from images, which is important for ease of translation. Of all these, number [2] is likely the easiest. Number [1] is the option that offers the most functionality, but i think it is the most complex, and creates problems for translation because it combines text and images. The Sunburned Surveyor On 8/25/07, Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > mhm..ok.. in understand. But i am not sure if i like the solution ;) > > Actually i just got one idea: The wiki-pages can be exported to html > (http://openjump.org/wiki/export) - but i have never tried it. > So what we could do is to attach your wiki pages with the distribution > (which is even faster as making a new pdf) > > stefan > > Giuseppe Aruta wrote: > > > What I think about help is only an option in the menu bar that only > > opens a pdf help file (if this is present in the lib/ext or lib/doc > > folder). > > People who want the help can downloid it separately and put in the folder. > > If the help pdf is not present the option doesn't work > > > > > > peppe > > > > */Stefan Steiniger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>/* ha scritto: > > > > Yep.. adding a help is necessary and we need to look how SIGLE (and > > Pirol?) has done that. > > > > but i am not sure about the pdf option? Maybe i did not really > > understand how you mean it. Do you want to open a browser with a > > web-page, so that someone can download it.. or do you want an > > integrated > > pdf viewer. > > > > i think, some older emails discussed also possibilities for a help > > system (they should be also stored). Anyway we can add a new menu > > entry > > when we now how to go on. > > > > stefan > > > > Giuseppe Aruta schrieb: > > > Hi all, > > > I have a sort of request/idea for a future development of OJ. > > > I am writiung a small PDF doc with all the essentil things about > > OJ: > > > List of functions, tools, editing toolbox, Change style and > > attribute > > > value. I image that this doc could work as an embedded help if > > it is > > > possible to open it within OJ. > > > The require is that OJ must have in the Help menu an extra submenu > > > ("like "open help" or similar) which simply opens the PDF. > > > 1) The PDF could be internationalized > > > 2) downloaded OJ won't have PDF embedded > > > 3) we live the PDF on the web site, if people want to download > > it and > > > put in OJ folder > > > 3) It helps the internationalization of the menus: we can only > > translate > > > the menus and submenus: people can search on help if they want to > > > understand the tools > > > > > > Peppe > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > L'email della prossima generazione? Puoi averla con la nuova > > Yahoo! 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