Re: Jade RTF and Winhelp

[Richard Light <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In message <3.0.32.19971218081126.00da02d0@xxxxxxxxxx>, "W. Eliot
Kimber" <eliot@xxxxxxxxxx> writes
>Has anyone investigated using the RTF output from Jade with Winhelp? Is
>anyone working on modifying the RTF back end to support WinHelp-specific
>stuff? 

I had a go with the standard Jade RTF backend, but didn't get far.  The
Winhelp compiler gets excited about some very particular bits of RTF,
such as hidden fields and double-underlined text, e.g.:

\par \pard {\uldb \fs20 Field _DATA}{\v field_247}

is one line from a 'table of contents' in a help file I successfully
generated by program.  The RTF you need to generate for a Winhelp file
is actually pretty simple.

The problem I hit is that the Jade RTF backend resolutely (and rightly,
I suppose) refuses to let you slide any '\' characters into the output
stream yourself, and as far as I know it doesn't have flow objects which
will generate the RTF codes Winhelp requires.  

[I suppose you could use the SGML backend and just generate RTF instead
...?]

Richard.

Richard Light
SGML/XML and Museum Information Consultancy
richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


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