Re: Remove 'htmlhelp' documentat format (was meson documentation build open issues) - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Peter Eisentraut
Subject Re: Remove 'htmlhelp' documentat format (was meson documentation build open issues)
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Msg-id 8f8200cb-a3a4-e91d-ce37-f723495d945d@enterprisedb.com
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In response to Remove 'htmlhelp' documentat format (was meson documentation build open issues)  (Andres Freund <andres@anarazel.de>)
Responses Re: Remove 'htmlhelp' documentat format (was meson documentation build open issues)  (Dave Page <dpage@pgadmin.org>)
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On 24.03.23 17:58, Andres Freund wrote:
> On 2023-03-24 11:59:23 +0100, Peter Eisentraut wrote:
>> Another option here is to remove support for htmlhelp.
> 
> That might actually be the best path - it certainly doesn't look like anybody
> has been actively using it. Or otherwise somebody would have complained about
> there not being any instructions on how to actually compile a .chm file. And
> perhaps complained that it takes next to forever to build.
> 
> I also have the impression that people don't use the .chm stuff much anymore,
> but that might just be me not using windows.

I think in ancient times, pgadmin used it for its internal help.

But I have heard less about htmlhelp over the years than about the info 
format.



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