You could just save a copy of your favorite ActivePerl::DocTools version prior
to upgrading. After the new ActivePerl version is installed, just run:
perl -e "BEGIN { unshift @INC, 'path/to/doctools'; require
ActivePerl::DocTools; } ActivePerl::DocTools::UpdateHTML(1);"
Then back up your perl/html/index.html and create a new index.html with the old
ActivePerl index.html contents:
---
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>ActivePerl User Guide</TITLE>
</HEAD>
<FRAMESET cols="269,*">
<FRAME name="TOC" src="perltoc.html" target="PerlDoc">
<FRAME name="PerlDoc" src="perlmain.html">
<NOFRAMES>
<H1>Sorry!</H1>
<H3>This page must be viewed by a browser that is capable of viewing
frames.</H3>
</NOFRAMES>
</FRAMESET>
<FRAMESET>
</FRAMESET>
</HTML>
---
This reverts the documentation back to the old layout minus style sheet
changes. Also, the "sync toc" button on some of the ActivePerl specific pages
no longer works.
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of
Chris Wagner
Sent: Friday, October 07, 2005 10:42 AM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: regenerating AS perl html docs
Now I see what happened. Somebody at ActiveState thought they would be cute
by replacing the old TOC with a DHTML expansion menu. Well let me tell ya,
it was not a good idea. I use Netscape 4.8 and the entire user guide does
not work. No warning, no change notes, no options to leave it be. It works
with Netscape 7 but I don't use that browser much and even if I did, *I hate
expansion menus*. It was very handy to see every module in one big list and
then just click on what I wanted. Now everything is hidden behind little
plus signs and u have to click endlessly to get at what u want. Let's even
say that it did work in my normal browser. Still no good because I
frequently leave javascript turned off! Mainly to protect myself from junk
code written by lazy people (ahem). How are people supposed to read the
guide without javascript? And what about all the lynx users? Well I guess
they're just screwed because they're not "with" it. I guess I'm not "with"
it. This is crap. If I don't hear from somebody at ActiveState about a
remedy for this soon I'll have no choice except to go back to build 811. I
guess no more upgrades for me. ActiveState only wants to do buisness with
"cool", "hip", "with it" people now...
If anyone else agrees with me let ur voice be heard.
At 11:58 PM 10/7/05 +1300, Steve Dawson wrote:
>Chris Wagner wrote:
>> Does anybody know how to manually regenerate the html documentation in the
>> ActiveState perl tree?
>
>I had the same problem when I upgraded. I found a technote on the
>ActiveState site about the way java ran under IE. It recommended
>switching to Mozilla. It runs like a dream under Firefox.
>
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