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Can docbook output in Apples Help Book format, I know I can generate html, pdf ectera but what about Apples Help Book format (which is the standard format for help on OSX).

EDIT:Appears it does not but in case useful to anyone this is how I worked round it.

  • Copy HelpBook from another application to give me structure, renamed parts as neccessary to my application.
  • Wrote my docbook.xml
  • Set options to supress headers and footers
  • Generated xhtml chunks from docbook
  • Copied xhtml pages to help book pgs folder
  • Make any manual edits as necessary
  • Manually created Apple Help Book index page, creating hyperlinks to my chunked xtml pages
  • Run Apple Help Indexer to generate Help Index
  • Modify my applications plist to reference the helpbook
Paul Taylor
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I don't believe it can.

The only app I know of that specifically targets the Apple Help Book format is this one: http://www.putercraft.com

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