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author | Jan Holesovsky <kendy@collabora.com> | 2018-08-09 18:15:12 +0200 |
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committer | Jan Holesovsky <kendy@collabora.com> | 2018-08-09 18:21:29 +0200 |
commit | c86fd8dca6ed4def8305dbd3812c463e357b9f79 (patch) | |
tree | f8278c6540410efa753a2fa4dcf1ebc754417931 /help3xsl/README.txt | |
parent | c6f2a3e1a51b3235b3fbf91228c5405e71744564 (diff) |
Update the README.txt.
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diff --git a/help3xsl/README.txt b/help3xsl/README.txt index 76112f049e..0788c731a5 100644 --- a/help3xsl/README.txt +++ b/help3xsl/README.txt @@ -1,49 +1,58 @@ ------------------------------------------------------------------ -Helpcontent displayed in a browser directly from XML ------------------------------------------------------------------ +Helpcontent displayed in a browser +================================== -This README shows how to display Helpcontent2 XML pages (XHP) directly rendered in a modern browser. +This directory contains files needed to convert the XHP files to html, and +also the html and css files needed for the actual rendering in the web +browser. ------------------------------------------------------------------ -Background ------------------------------------------------------------------ +Building and translation of the XHP files is now integrated into the +LibreOffice build process based on gbuild. If you want to use it, configure +LibreOffice with one of the: -The XML files must be transformed into HTML files with the help of a style sheet file (XSL). + --with-help=html (for the local html files) + --with-help=online (for the html files that can be uploaded to a webserver) -In the current helpcontent2, the processing is done in xmlhelp/ module, an ancient XSLT processor developed circa 2005 (OpenOffice.org 1.5) +Using the online version +------------------------ -Modern browsers such as Firefox, Chrome and Rekonq are capable to execute the transformation direcly in the client, by getting an URL that returns a XML file that contains the reference of the necessary XSL style sheet. +When you have configured with --with-help=online, the result of the build is +in -How to display Helpcontent2 in a browser + instdir/help -1. Open the browser -2. Open the file index.html in source/ folder -3. Navigate in pages +You want to upload to your webserver like: + + rsync -avz instdir/help/ username@webserver:/srv/www/htdocs/ + +Then you also need to setup a link 'latest' on the server, like + + ln -s 6.1 latest + +and make sure that symlinks are allowed in the webserver configuration. ------------------------------------------------------------------ File descriptions ------------------------------------------------------------------ +----------------- + +* default.css: + + the cascading style sheet for HTML formatting. + +* online_transform.xsl: -default.css: -------------- -the cascading style sheet for HTML formatting. + the XSL transform file. Transform XHP files into HTML files. -online_transform.xsl: --------------------- -the XSL transform file. Transform XHP files into HTML files. + This file is a modification of xmlhelper/util/main_transform.xsl, which was designed for xmlhelp XSL processor. -This file is a modification of xmlhelper/util/main_transform.xsl, which was designed for xmlhelp XSL processor. +* help.js -help.js -------- -This javascript file: -1. modifies href attributes in <a> of #DisplayArea to handle &DbPAR and &System params -2. picks the bookmarks file and displays in #BottomLeft <div> area. -3. Reads URL params. + This javascript file: + + 1. modifies href attributes in <a> of #DisplayArea to handle &DbPAR and &System params + 2. picks the bookmarks file and displays in #BottomLeft <div> area. + 3. Reads URL params. ------------------------------------------------------------------ New ‘Object’ tag ------------------------------------------------------------------ +---------------- The filter online_transform.xsl now support the <object> tag defined for XHP files to allow a generic object in the browser. The <object> tag now maps to the following HTML5 tags: Maps to HTML5 <video> tag: @@ -60,15 +69,3 @@ Maps to HTML5 <audio> tag: Maps to HTML5 <object> tag: <object id="1232312" type ="{mimetype}" data="object/testobject.swf" height="" width=""/> - ------------------------------------------------------------------ -How to build the LibreOffice Browser help ------------------------------------------------------------------ - -1) run help-to-html.sh in helpcontent2/help3xsl/ folder. A previous language build must exist in workdir/HelpTranslatePartHelp/ . -The script will build all existing languages available in this folder. See help-to-html.sh script and adjust path. - - -2) copy folder html/ to your root web server. - - |