RE: Using CHM Help Files from Euphoria
- Posted by irv at take.maxleft.com
Oct 11, 2002
jbrown105 at speedymail.org wrote:
> On 0, irv at take.maxleft.com wrote:
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> > I suppose .chm and .hlp formats are proprietary,
>
> If you're saying that there is no way to use them unless I backwards
> engineer
> the formats myself or use Wine to access the Windoze interface to these
> files,
> then its probably not worth the trouble.
I don't know - look here, and decide for yourself:
http://www.speakeasy.org/~russotto/chm/chmformat.html
> > and the Unix man
> > format is pretty obsolete.
>
> With that I disagree, as I use man pages all the time. :)
> (Also use info pages too on occasion.)
Well, I use them also, but many state that they are "no longer
maintained". And you'll have to admit that man pages lack a lot
when compared to html.
> I was just wondering if there was a way to show those types of files
> under Linux.
You can convert chm to standard html format which does not require a
proprietary viewer: http://chm2web.aklabs.com/ (free trial period)
However, the most interesting use of .chm files is to distribute
trojans. See:
http://news.zdnet.co.uk/story/0,,t272-s2123332,00.html
http://shop.osborne.com/osborne/virus_alert/britney_pic.shtml
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/255276
Regards,
Irv
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