chm-build

A command-line utility for building Windows-style HTML help files.

The goal of this project is to supply an open-source alternative to the Microsoft Help Workshop. Not only should a developer be able to create a help file outside of Windows, but should also be able to automate the build using the command line.

Why use the CHM format? Because it offers several advantages over other alternatives:

Most of the features available to HTML help are planned for chm-build, with the exception of the "merge" feature.

PLT's MzScheme is used for this project, because it provides:

Since execution speed will not be critical, I prefer the simple setup requirements of an interpreted environment like PLT's. Much less overhead than something like C + autoconf.

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