html is my favourit as well (and i think more or less we already support html..? -- see the hello world plugin)
stefan Larry Becker schrieb: > It seems like to me that for most kinds of simple help that it would > be better to use html and store the documents in the jar. Java can > display simple html well enough for help. > > Larry > > On 9/17/07, Sunburned Surveyor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I decided that I would try Peppe's idea of using PDF files as embedded >> help in OpenJUMP. >> >> I'm going to have a "help" button in some of the dialogs in my Super >> Select Tool. The button will open a designated PDF file using a PDF >> viewer/reader. >> >> I would like to know if we can use a common variable to store the >> location of the PDF file the user would like to use to view the help >> files. I can set this up for just my plug-in, but then we might get a >> situation where the user is specifying his PDF viewer for everyone's >> plug-in, and that would stink. >> >> I was thinking that we could use a text file with the path to the PDF >> viewer, or that we might have an entry in the Registry. >> >> What do you guys think? >> >> Is there a way to use the Java runtime to dynamically determine which >> program should be executed for a specific file type? (That would be >> too cool!) >> >> The Sunburned Surveyor >> >> P.S. - I'm going to try to use ProcessBuilder to fire up the PDF >> viewer with the correct help file. I've got the command down using the >> Microsoft Windows terminal, so I think ProcessBuilder will do the >> trick for me. >> >> If others will use this system to present embedded help I will try to >> wrap my code in a simple API that everyone can use. >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft >> Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. >> http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ >> _______________________________________________ >> Jump-pilot-devel mailing list >> Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2005. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Jump-pilot-devel mailing list Jump-pilot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jump-pilot-devel
