RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help

Subject: RE: XML-based Help Authoring tools for customized help
From: Goober Writer <gooberwriter -at- yahoo -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>
Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 10:51:28 -0800 (PST)


> Microsoft's Longhorn might be something to think
> about:
>
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/htmlhelp/ht
> ml/hwmscintroducingwindowslonghornhelp.asp

It certainly is something to think about, but
certainly is not a help authoring tool. In the case of
Longhorn Help, that's a format, not a tool. Sure, it
leverages XML, but that's nothing new (MS Help 2,
though officially unsupported by Microsoft, already does).

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