Thread: Re: [Fwd: Re: Bug#245310: pgadmin3-data: pgadmin3 ships duplicate of PostgreSQL]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Raphaël Enrici [mailto:blacknoz@club-internet.fr]
> Sent: 24 April 2004 09:25
> To: Dave Page
> Cc: Peter Eisentraut; pgadmin-hackers@postgresql.org
> Subject: Re: [pgadmin-hackers] [Fwd: Re: Bug#245310:
> pgadmin3-data: pgadmin3 ships duplicate of PostgreSQL]
>
>
> Ok, what I understood is that these particular files are used under
> Win32 to generate the help file.
> So, which are the "magic" files permitting an index search or
> a multiple entry documentation:
> I.E.:
> pgAdmin III
> -->pgAdmin III
> -->PostgreSQL 7.4 Documentation
> in the help system ? is it coded in the source to detect
> these categories or is there a file describing this structure ?

They are used under win32 to build the CHM (Compiled HtMl help) file, but they are also read directly by the wxWindows
HtmlHelpviewer under *nix. They perform exactly the same function under *nix as they do under Windows. 

Consider an analagy - under Windows, the help is precompiled like a C++ application, under *nix the help is interpreted
atruntime like a TCL application. 

Regards, Dave

Dave Page wrote:

>
>
>
>They are used under win32 to build the CHM (Compiled HtMl help) file, but they are also read directly by the wxWindows
HtmlHelpviewer under *nix. They perform exactly the same function under *nix as they do under Windows. 
>Consider an analagy - under Windows, the help is precompiled like a C++ application, under *nix the help is
interpretedat runtime like a TCL application. 
>
>
"ouf"! I'm happy I asked... In fact my first thought was the good one...
these files are mandatory to get a good looking help system.

Thanks to clarify.
<joke>May be one day I'll be able to write the "pgAdmin internal book
for dummies" for myself ;) May be this book could be a yellow one... mmh
there is a concept here! </joke>

Stopping the noise now.

Cheers,
Raphaël