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 Post subject: Kchmviewer
PostPosted: Fri Jan 20, 2012 11:50 pm 
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http://www.ulduzsoft.com/kchmviewer/
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Kchmviewer is a free, open-source chm (MS HTML help file format) viewer written in C++ for Unix, Mac and Windows systems. Unlike most existing CHM viewers for Unix, it uses Trolltech Qt widget library, and could optionally be compiled for better KDE integration. It does not require KDE, but may be compiled with KDE widget support. Since version 5.0 it uses the Webkit API to show the content.


Version tested: 6.0

It writes to the registry
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and creates a folder in AppData
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 Post subject: Re: Kchmviewer
PostPosted: Sun Jan 22, 2012 12:35 pm 
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joby_toss wrote:
http://www.ulduzsoft.com/kchmviewer/
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Kchmviewer is a free, open-source chm (MS HTML help file format) viewer written in C++ for Unix, Mac and Windows systems. Unlike most existing CHM viewers for Unix, it uses Trolltech Qt widget library, and could optionally be compiled for better KDE integration. It does not require KDE, but may be compiled with KDE widget support. Since version 5.0 it uses the Webkit API to show the content.

Excellent news, thanks.

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 Post subject: Re: Kchmviewer
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PA just came out with a version: http://portableapps.com/apps/office/kchmviewer-portable

Synopsis: Tool for looking at CHM-format ebooks, frequently used for help files (CHM means "Compressed Help Manual) Very happy to see this. Windows can already view CHM files but this looks familiar (but improved) and has more features than the default viewer: zoom, bookmarks, even extracts CHM content so you can send someone (for example) just a page or two from a HOWTO to solve a problem.

Additionally, when I create help files, it's important to make sure non-Windows computers can view them. It goes a long way to creating a standard for self-contained help files.

Cross-platform (Linux/Win)

Anyway, very happy the folks at PA took the initiative to make this available.

Wishlist:
* support drag and drop
* Ability to open multiple CHM files at once (I think this is on the way ... the menu system seems to be prepared for this)
* Support for other ebook formats

License: GPL v3

Bumping this thread over to submission...

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