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From: ao950 AT FreeNet DOT Carleton DOT CA (Paul Derbyshire)
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
Subject: Re: Let's try this again
Date: 16 May 1996 05:02:22 GMT
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Shawn Lee (slee AT fs1 DOT mar DOT lmco DOT com) writes:
> About two weeks ago, I asked if there was a way to convert the info
> files to Win-Help files.  I took the idea of getting mkrtf/HCP to do the
> conversion and ran with it.
> 
> Two problems:
> -It took forever to find mkrft - it is old and doesn't maintain the
> links (menu's & nodes) when it converts to rtf.
> -The help compiler is newer than the one that was recommended, so it
> didn't know how to read the rtf correctly.
> 
> So, let's try this again.  I have the Help compiler (VC++).  How can I
> go from the info files to an rtf file that can be used with the new help
> compiler and keep the links?  


If someone succeeds in making Winhelp .HLP files out of the djgpp dox,
(esp. Win 95 version as well as Win3.1 version) it would be extremely nice
if they were placed on some ftp site, so everyone could benefit :-)


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