[PHP] OT PHP Manuals

Miles Thompson

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May 22, 2001, 9:16:49 PM5/22/01

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Why? We have the manuals in two truly portable formats, HTML and PDF, not
to mention on-line, annotated HTML.
Miles Thompson

At 10:37 AM 5/23/01 +0930, Joseph Blythe wrote:
>Hey all,
>
>Just was wondering if anyone knew what was used to make the php manuals in
>the windows help format (.chm), I really like them :-)
>
>Regards,
>
>Joseph.
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Joseph Blythe

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May 22, 2001, 9:04:17 PM5/22/01

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Jason Lotito

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May 23, 2001, 12:42:27 AM5/23/01

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>
> Matt McClanahan wrote:

>
> > On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:37:06AM +0930, Joseph Blythe wrote:
> >
> >> Hey all,
> >>
> >> Just was wondering if anyone knew what was used to make the php
> >> manuals
> >> in the windows help format (.chm), I really like them :-)
> >
> >

> > The manual is availabe in chm in several languages.
> >
> > http://www.php.net/docs.php
> >
> > Matt
>
> If you ask a silly question you get silly answers, so far I
> have a why
> and where to get the actual manual that I was trying to find out what
> software was used to make it.
>
> LOL :-)
>
> Joseph.

Joseph,

I was actually about to type back in response explaining to everyone
that you asked WHAT was use to make the .chm files. You must forgive my
colleagues, they sometimes forget to actually read the email, rather
than just scan the email for common key words and phrases signifying a
newbie with a RTFM type question.

While I don't know what was used to create the PHP .chm files, here is a
listing of a set of freeware programs that can be used:

http://www.webattack.com/freeware/webpublish/fwhtmlhelp.shtml

I have not, however, used any personally.

Jason Lotito
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Joseph Blythe

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May 23, 2001, 12:16:51 AM5/23/01

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Matt McClanahan wrote:

> On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:37:06AM +0930, Joseph Blythe wrote:
>

>> Hey all,
>>
>> Just was wondering if anyone knew what was used to make the php manuals
>> in the windows help format (.chm), I really like them :-)
>
>

> The manual is availabe in chm in several languages.
>
> http://www.php.net/docs.php
>
> Matt

If you ask a silly question you get silly answers, so far I have a why
and where to get the actual manual that I was trying to find out what
software was used to make it.

LOL :-)

Joseph.

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Joseph Blythe

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May 23, 2001, 3:14:33 AM5/23/01

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Jason Lotito wrote:

> Joseph,
>
> I was actually about to type back in response explaining to everyone
> that you asked WHAT was use to make the .chm files. You must forgive my
> colleagues, they sometimes forget to actually read the email, rather
> than just scan the email for common key words and phrases signifying a
> newbie with a RTFM type question.
>
> While I don't know what was used to create the PHP .chm files, here is a
> listing of a set of freeware programs that can be used:
>
> http://www.webattack.com/freeware/webpublish/fwhtmlhelp.shtml
>
> I have not, however, used any personally.

Jason,

Thankyou very mutch for such a kind response, I think people see my name
then just assume I am being daft ;-)

Regards,

Joseph

Matt McClanahan

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May 22, 2001, 11:41:13 PM5/22/01

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On Wed, May 23, 2001 at 10:37:06AM +0930, Joseph Blythe wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Just was wondering if anyone knew what was used to make the php manuals
> in the windows help format (.chm), I really like them :-)

The manual is availabe in chm in several languages.

http://www.php.net/docs.php

Matt

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Joseph Blythe

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May 22, 2001, 9:25:06 PM5/22/01

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Miles Thompson wrote:

> Why? We have the manuals in two truly portable formats, HTML and PDF,
> not to mention on-line, annotated HTML.
> Miles Thompson

Because I already have enough browser windows open and I find the
windows help format a lot better as it is easily searchable and also has
bookmarks, as for PDF's they are good if you want to print.

I have quite a few html manuals I would like to convert for personal use
I don't care about portability as I am the only one who will be reading
them.

That is why :-)

Regards

Joseph.

Yasuo Ohgaki

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May 23, 2001, 1:59:36 PM5/23/01

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All forms of PHP Manuals are created from XML source.
DocBook and DSSSL is used for that.
(It is described at the beginning of the manual.)

You can get XML source from CVS, if you want.

Joseph Blythe wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Just was wondering if anyone knew what was used to make the php manuals
> in the windows help format (.chm), I really like them :-)
>
> Regards,
>
> Joseph.

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Miles Thompson

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May 23, 2001, 8:01:08 AM5/23/01

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My apologies to Joseph, and to the group at large.

I didn't read his question carefully, and in retrospect, gave him a pretty
asinine answer.

Braaay! - Miles Thompson

At 10:22 PM 5/22/01 -0300, Miles Thompson wrote:
>Why? We have the manuals in two truly portable formats, HTML and PDF, not
>to mention on-line, annotated HTML.
>Miles Thompson
>

>At 10:37 AM 5/23/01 +0930, Joseph Blythe wrote:

Joseph Blythe

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May 23, 2001, 7:40:10 PM5/23/01

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Miles Thompson wrote:

> My apologies to Joseph, and to the group at large.
>
> I didn't read his question carefully, and in retrospect, gave him a
> pretty asinine answer.
>
> Braaay! - Miles Thompson

Thanks all this is a great list, apology accepted :-)

Joseph