reading windows help files on linux

reading windows help files on linux

[A. R. Vener]

I have a windows .hlp file which I need to examine. Needless to
say I don't run windows. Also my searches have not turned
up any useful filtering or conversion tools although
there were a few promising leads which eventually came to dead
ends.  The .hlp format seems to be a particularly obnoxious
compiled format which is not susceptible to the same brute force
control character stripping which works so well with Word.

Does anyone have an application which can convert the .hlp to
any other format?  

Thank you,
Rudy

RE: reading windows help files on linux

[Gordon Svoboda]

Rudy, I have a program that can extract help file contents. I can then send
the contents to you as html.

What is the help file you are trying to examine? I'll give it a try. I am
dual-booting lin-win. You can email the help file to gjs@4nts.net. Or if it
is a fairly common program, tell me the name of the program and particular
help file. I'll see if I have it already.

Regards, Gordon Svoboda

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Subject: reading windows help files on linux


I have a windows .hlp file which I need to examine. Needless to
say I don't run windows. Also my searches have not turned
up any useful filtering or conversion tools although
there were a few promising leads which eventually came to dead
ends.  The .hlp format seems to be a particularly obnoxious
compiled format which is not susceptible to the same brute force
control character stripping which works so well with Word.

Does anyone have an application which can convert the .hlp to
any other format?

Thank you,
Rudy



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