RoboHelp support on Linux

[Anu_Techwriter]

I am looking for assistance to create a context sensitive help using RoboHelp X5 to run on Linux as our client needs it. Can anyone here help me in this regard? In case I can't create one with RoboHelp X5 can you suggest an alternative to create a context sensitive help to run on Linux.

Thank you,
Anu.

[MergeThis]

Webhelp is the cross-platform help output you need to generate. Your developers only need to call the topic URLs through your project's start page to launch context-sensitive help.

The RH online help has plenty of information about both subjects.


Good luck,
Leon

[Anu_Techwriter]

Thank you Leon for you immediate reply, is there any method to use HTML help to generate context sensitive help that run on Linux?

[MergeThis]

Yes, see my first reply (the developers call YourHelpStartPage.htm#ThisSpecificPageThatMatchesTheScreenName.htm). The key is that you name the topic the same as the name that developers assigned to the screen. RH WebHelp output is a cross-platform solution designed for access on a server (our app supports Windows, Linux, and Solaris).

You can even do field-level help in a similar manner, matching the app's field names to bookmarks in the screen topic.

If you have a merged project, you need to supply a "map" file that will allow the developers to identify the folder structure below the root (where the start page is). We call ours formpath.txt, and insert a series of CSV entries such as:

ThisSpecificPageThatMatchesTheScreenName, mergedProjects\ThatSpecificProjectFolder


Good luck,
Leon