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Subject:More Cross-Platform Issues From:"Alciere, John" <jalciere -at- LTNPO1 -dot- XYPLEX -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 9 Oct 1995 10:42:00 EST
In addition to being able to read Help text that's been ported to a UNIX
platform, I'd be interested to know of any products that enable UNIX
developers to create context-specific links to a Help file. Simply having
access to an online version of the User's Guide isn't always enough. To be
truly user-friendly, a UNIX-based application should enable a user to press
a function key or enter a key sequence to bring up Help text that
specifically pertains to the current window.
Help files created with Doc-to-Help and RoboHelp provide Windows developers
with this capability. Do any products do the same for UNIX developers?
Note: I'm particularly interested in the Sun OS/Solaris and HP/UNIX
platforms.
