El mié, 2 de jun. de 2021 a la(s) 15:43, Gerald Combs (ger...@wireshark.org) escribió: > > On 6/1/21 8:08 PM, Guy Harris wrote: > > On Jun 1, 2021, at 4:14 PM, Gerald Combs <ger...@wireshark.org> wrote: > > > >> I just discovered that the HTML Help Workshop download link at > >> > >> https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/previous-versions/windows/desktop/htmlhelp/microsoft-html-help-downloads > >> > >> no longer works, and the Chocolatey package now downloads from archive.org: > >> > >> https://community.chocolatey.org/packages/html-help-workshop#files > > > > Have Microsoft said anything about deprecating HTML Help in favor either of > > 1) some new help mechanism or 2) just use an HTML display tool that you > > hand the URL for your product's documentation? > > I can't find any official deprecation notice, but it looks like they stopped > updating HTML Help Workshop in 2009 and have released two succeeding help > systems: Microsoft Help 2[1] and Microsoft Help Viewer[2][3]. Both seem to be > tied closely to Visual Studio, and I'm not sure how easy it is to generate > content for each format (e.g. Help Viewer topic markup) using our current > toolchain. > > [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Help_2 > [2]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Help_Viewer > [3]https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/visualstudio/extensibility/internals/microsoft-help-viewer-sdk?view=vs-2019
"2003: Microsoft decided not to release Microsoft Help 2 as a general Help platform. Help 2 remained a Visual Studio Help integration tool." Basically both succeeding systems ended up being for Microsoft's internal use and not for third-party apps to use as their main help system. *Maybe* for when you want your API or plugin docs integrated with Visual Studio. Windows doesn't really have any viable offline-help system left. Maybe Wireshark can ship QtAssistant? :P -- Nicolás ___________________________________________________________________________ Sent via: Wireshark-dev mailing list <wireshark-dev@wireshark.org> Archives: https://www.wireshark.org/lists/wireshark-dev Unsubscribe: https://www.wireshark.org/mailman/options/wireshark-dev mailto:wireshark-dev-requ...@wireshark.org?subject=unsubscribe
