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hydra · Familiar Face Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 35

Hello!
I make a GTK applicaiton and would like to add a Help system .. you know ... just click on the Help button and some window with help information appears ...
So, this is my wish. But I could not find any such a system in the GTK or Glib. How usually are achieved these tasks in GTK+ applications?
Should I write it myself? It will be easier to me if there is ready system and I only have to add my information...
What about ATK?

openldev · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 8:35 pm Post subject:

If you are making a GNOME application, look into Yelp. Otherwise, check your window manager of choice.

hydra · Familiar Face Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 35

Thanks!
The problem is that i make an application that will run on windoze and linux.
So, i am looking for a platform independent solution.

openldev · Posted: Sat Apr 14, 2007 10:30 pm Post subject:

You can use G_OS_UNIX and G_OS_WIN32 to check what type of operating system the user is working on. You can then use the native help system. However, you'd probably be better off either just creating your own or distributing web browser information and opening a browser.

hydra · Familiar Face Joined: 23 Jan 2007 Posts: 35

I found a widget called GTKHTML and probably will use it. With Gtkhtml i can build my internal help system. I am afraid this widget is too old.. but i hope it works.
http://directory.fsf.org/webauth/htmlpreproc/gtkhtml.html

Micah Carrick · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:22 pm Post subject:

If I'm not mistaking, there is also a branch off called libgtkhtml2 which is more portable than the one you're mentioning. I did some looking in to it a while back but never actually played with either of them-- and the documentation on them is poor. But I do remember that "GtkHTML2" was a separate branch from "GtkHTML/GtkHTML3".

openldev · Posted: Sun Apr 15, 2007 4:25 pm Post subject:

GtkHTML2 supports DOM, but GtkHTML3 supports editing.