TechWhirl (TECHWR-L) is a resource for technical writing and technical communications professionals of all experience levels and in all industries to share their experiences and acquire information.
For two decades, technical communicators have turned to TechWhirl to ask and answer questions about the always-changing world of technical communications, such as tools, skills, career paths, methodologies, and emerging industries. The TechWhirl Archives and magazine, created for, by and about technical writers, offer a wealth of knowledge to everyone with an interest in any aspect of technical communications.
Subject:Online help via local browser? From:Karla McMaster <mcmaster%pcmail -dot- cti-pet -dot- com -at- CTI-PET -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 3 Apr 1996 17:09:25 EST
As I have mentioned in this forum before, I am looking at the prospect of
delivering online help/documentation (I don't think the people making the
request differentiate between the two, though I do--but that's another story)
in the UNIX environment. We have been considering Hyperhelp to convert Frame
documents to help files (I still have some research to do on that, yet), but
someone mentioned the other day--why not do html, and send a licensed browser
with the software, with which users would access the local help file.
Has anyone ever done this, considered it, know of any pitfalls?
Karla McMaster, technical writer
CTI PET Systems, Inc., Knoxville, TN
mcmaster -at- cti-pet -dot- com
