HelpAuthoring.oxt: An easy way to edit help files

[Jan Holesovsky]

Hi Sophie,

Sophie Gautier píše v Pá 03. 07. 2015 v 21:01 +0200:

> > > Maybe we should merge the page you asked me to write some times
> ago
> > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/HelpContent
> 
> So what should I do with that page? Delete or merge?

I guess merge the missing info to the Documentation/Help, and create a
redirect HelpContent -> Documentation/Help.

> > No idea what they are for, can you explain?  The extension seems to
> work
> > for me even without them, but I probably don't understand correctly
> how
> > exactly are they supposed to be used.
> 
> The extensions doesn't need them. They were used by the help authors
> anb have been available for l10n purpose.  As written in the wiki, one
> adds an index of the help files named as they appear in the sources.
> The second one add the tag IDs of the strings. These two files allow
> you to quickly locate the files you want to work on as the help page
> displays the full path of the file. 
> The ID let you know if it's an embedded paragraph, a link or a full
> text and its type (section, text, title...), so the tag and the style
> you have to use when writing with the .oxt/template

How are these files maintained?  Are they generated?  Or hand-edited?

> > There is some template in the .oxt itself that Olivier modified I
> think,
> > but best if you talk the details with him, he's done all the heavy
> > lifting there :-)
> 
> Ok, the template I use works too, but I'll check with him. 

Great - thanks!

All the best,
Kendy