Documentation in CHM

Hy ZF-fellows,

I created the documentation as CHM file (actually only for
the german 
version).
It's not very eyecatching but I think it would be a great
improvement to the 
existing html download as it's only one file.

Once created it's simple to rebuild it with new or changed
chapters.

If there is interest I would share my work, maybe we could
even add it at 
the homepage and do this also for other languages.
Give me your response...

Greetings
Thomas
I18N Team Leader 

Hi Thomas,

This is great... I actually used CHM version of the PHP
manual for a
long time, but not quite as much today. Today I would likely
prefer a
PDF version to a CHM for portability, but I suspect that
many would like
to have CHM, too.

+1 

Best regards,
Darby

Thomas Weidner wrote:
> Hy ZF-fellows,
> 
> I created the documentation as CHM file (actually only
for the german
> version).
> It's not very eyecatching but I think it would be a
great improvement to
> the existing html download as it's only one file.
> 
> Once created it's simple to rebuild it with new or
changed chapters.
> 
> If there is interest I would share my work, maybe we
could even add it
> at the homepage and do this also for other languages.
> Give me your response...
> 
> Greetings
> Thomas
> I18N Team Leader
> 

Myself would also prefer a PDF but it is complicated to do
one with the 
freeware tools.
I tried a little bit but did not succeed.

And as PHP also has CHM docu for download....

Greetings
Thomas

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darby Felton" <darbyzend.com>
To: "Thomas Weidner" <thomas.weidnergmx.at>
Cc: <fw-docslists.zend.com>; "Wil
Sinclair" <wilzend.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Documentation in CHM


> Hi Thomas,
>
> This is great... I actually used CHM version of the PHP
manual for a
> long time, but not quite as much today. Today I would
likely prefer a
> PDF version to a CHM for portability, but I suspect
that many would like
> to have CHM, too.
>
> +1 
>
> Best regards,
> Darby
>
> Thomas Weidner wrote:
>> Hy ZF-fellows,
>>
>> I created the documentation as CHM file (actually
only for the german
>> version).
>> It's not very eyecatching but I think it would be a
great improvement to
>> the existing html download as it's only one file.
>>
>> Once created it's simple to rebuild it with new or
changed chapters.
>>
>> If there is interest I would share my work, maybe
we could even add it
>> at the homepage and do this also for other
languages.
>> Give me your response...
>>
>> Greetings
>> Thomas
>> I18N Team Leader
>> 

Hy Darby, Wil and Co,

I made a CHM version for English and German.
For the german version I already made an annoucement in an
extra mail for 
the german users.

But I didn't want to publish the english version on my blog,
because my 
provider would then cancel my account.
1 Mio People downloading the english CHM file... omg... 

Anyway... if there is interest I would join my work with the
devteam so we 
can make a sort of automatic batch file to have the release
docu avaiable 
per release as CHM and possibly also within the nightshot or
seperated the 
actual trunk docu.

I would be willing to send the CHM file to dedicated people
I know...
In the german team we are looking forward to integrate
additional features 
like index or keywords. But this is not ready for now and
will still take 
some work.

Greetings
Thomas
I18N Team Leader


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Darby Felton" <darbyzend.com>
To: "Thomas Weidner" <thomas.weidnergmx.at>
Cc: <fw-docslists.zend.com>; "Wil
Sinclair" <wilzend.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:04 PM
Subject: Re: Documentation in CHM


> Hi Thomas,
>
> This is great... I actually used CHM version of the PHP
manual for a
> long time, but not quite as much today. Today I would
likely prefer a
> PDF version to a CHM for portability, but I suspect
that many would like
> to have CHM, too.
>
> +1 
>
> Best regards,
> Darby
>
> Thomas Weidner wrote:
>> Hy ZF-fellows,
>>
>> I created the documentation as CHM file (actually
only for the german
>> version).
>> It's not very eyecatching but I think it would be a
great improvement to
>> the existing html download as it's only one file.
>>
>> Once created it's simple to rebuild it with new or
changed chapters.
>>
>> If there is interest I would share my work, maybe
we could even add it
>> at the homepage and do this also for other
languages.
>> Give me your response...
>>
>> Greetings
>> Thomas
>> I18N Team Leader
>> 

Hy,

as convinience I uploaded the CHM to rapidshare.
You can download it with this link:
http://rapidshare.com/files/84521562/Z
end_Framework_Documentation.chm.html

Still we should think about a generic way for the standard
release.

Greetings
Thomas
I18N Team Leader


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thomas Weidner" <thomas.weidnergmx.at>
To: "Darby Felton" <darbyzend.com>
Cc: <fw-docslists.zend.com>; "Wil
Sinclair" <wilzend.com>
Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: Documentation in CHM


> Hy Darby, Wil and Co,
>
> I made a CHM version for English and German.
> For the german version I already made an annoucement in
an extra mail for 
> the german users.
>
> But I didn't want to publish the english version on my
blog, because my 
> provider would then cancel my account.
> 1 Mio People downloading the english CHM file... omg...

>
> Anyway... if there is interest I would join my work
with the devteam so we 
> can make a sort of automatic batch file to have the
release docu avaiable 
> per release as CHM and possibly also within the
nightshot or seperated the 
> actual trunk docu.
>
> I would be willing to send the CHM file to dedicated
people I know...
> In the german team we are looking forward to integrate
additional features 
> like index or keywords. But this is not ready for now
and will still take 
> some work.
>
> Greetings
> Thomas
> I18N Team Leader
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Darby Felton" <darbyzend.com>
> To: "Thomas Weidner" <thomas.weidnergmx.at>
> Cc: <fw-docslists.zend.com>; "Wil
Sinclair" <wilzend.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 3:04 PM
> Subject: Re: Documentation in CHM
>
>
>> Hi Thomas,
>>
>> This is great... I actually used CHM version of the
PHP manual for a
>> long time, but not quite as much today. Today I
would likely prefer a
>> PDF version to a CHM for portability, but I suspect
that many would like
>> to have CHM, too.
>>
>> +1 
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Darby
>>
>> Thomas Weidner wrote:
>>> Hy ZF-fellows,
>>>
>>> I created the documentation as CHM file
(actually only for the german
>>> version).
>>> It's not very eyecatching but I think it would
be a great improvement to
>>> the existing html download as it's only one
file.
>>>
>>> Once created it's simple to rebuild it with new
or changed chapters.
>>>
>>> If there is interest I would share my work,
maybe we could even add it
>>> at the homepage and do this also for other
languages.
>>> Give me your response...
>>>
>>> Greetings
>>> Thomas
>>> I18N Team Leader
>>> 

We can look at the CHM file format, although I'll defer to
Darby on that
since it will add some potential overhead to the release
process.
Do you mean it's hard to contact the team at Zend? If so,
what
improvements could we make? I'll apologize in advance if
we've seemed
unresponsive lately- we are all extremely busy with 1.5
work.

,Wil

> -----Original Message-----
> From: radzaw [mailto:radoslawzawartko.com]
> Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:40 PM
> To: fw-docslists.zend.com
> Subject: Re: Documentation in CHM
> 
> 
> 
> Thomas Weidner-2 wrote:
> >
> >> Anyway... if there is interest I would join my
work with the
devteam
> so
> >> we
> >> can make a sort of automatic batch file to
have the release docu
> avaiable
> >> per release as CHM and possibly also within
the nightshot or
> seperated
> >> the
> >> actual trunk docu.
> >>
> >> I would be willing to send the CHM file to
dedicated people I
> know...
> >> In the german team we are looking forward to
integrate additional
> >> features
> >> like index or keywords. But this is not ready
for now and will
still
> take
> >> some work.
> >
> 
> I think that CHM files should be available on Zend
Framework site
> (maybe
> someone have some contact with the team, for me their
site is too
> confusing
> in terms of any contact with them) - build process is
simple and can
be
> run
> automatically. I don't know how are You building
manual, but it is a
> matter
> of adding htmlhelp.xsl and one command to Makefile.in
(and ofcourse
use
> of
> HTML Help Workshop). Adding index will be nice
feature.
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