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In comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.misc, jagrant@emr1.emr.ca (John Grant) writes:

>I'm trying to understand how to create help files for my application
>and I am getting overwhelmed by the complexity.  As far as I am
>concerned, the use of RTF files is the most awkward format to 
>read/write/maintain that they could have possibly used.

>I have looked at WFWHLP, XANTIPPE and various other things including
>suggestions to use Perl, awk, etc etc etc.  Someone sent me a sample
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>Thanks in advance.

>-- 
>John A. Grant						jagrant@emr1.emr.ca
>Airborne Geophysics
>Geological Survey of Canada, Ottawa

Yup, RTF files are quite awkward...  You mentioned you had xantippe.  Why
not create a "simple" 1 page form similar to what you want and see how
xantippe formats the RTF file?  White-space is possible, though you are
trying to defeat one of the "features" of Windows help (which tries to
adjust the width of the displayed text to whatever the current width of
the Help window is).  Occassionally though, one still needs white-space.
With xantippe all you need to do to create white space is to CR/LF a 
couple times...

If someone would create a truly SIMPLE help file editor&compiler for us
mere mortals I think the person would have an income rivalling that of
of Bill Gates (well, almost) :-)  At the very least hell might freeze
over :-)  I guess the fact that one still doesn't exist is testimony to
how difficult RTF is...
- Galen -