[Gimp-docs] GIMP manual writing in 2009

[Axel Wernicke]

Hi,

2008/6/12 Sven Neumann <sven at gimp.org>:

> Hi,
>
> On Wed, 2008-06-11 at 22:44 +0200, Axel Wernicke wrote:
>
> > Right now gimp calls the help by creating and opening an url that
> > contains of some building blocks:
> >
> > <base>/<language>/<gimp help id><.html>
> >
> > Example 'file://user/me/here/is/the/gimp-help/html' / 'en' /
> > 'gimp-tool-rect-select' '.html'
>
> That's not correct. GIMP, or rather the help plug-in, parses the
> gimp-help.xml file that is installed with the user manual for each
> language. It uses this index to translate from help IDs to URIs. If the
> respective URI is not available in the primary language, it tries to
> locate it in the list of fallback locales specified by the user. This
> defaults to 'en', in other words, the help ID is looked up in the
> english version of the user manual.


Thanks for pointing that out. I should have known this.
I assume it would be possible to adapt the help plug-in to a wiki based
scenario. May be users with a stable online connection could even be routed
to the online version of the wiki prior to the offline files and avoid the
"hassle" of downloading the whole gimp-help package.

Greetings, lexA


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