Anders Mork writes:
 
>I have a desire to convert some MPE help files into HTML format and
>put them on our local webserver, so I'm starting to investigate how
>this could be done.
>
>As an example I would like to convert the MPEX help file
>MPEXD.HELP.VESOFT to HTML or possibly the QEDIT manual which I believe
>is formatted by PROSE.
 
When I first started investigating the Web, I did some changes to
our internal tools to generate HTML files instead of Qhelp files.
Given the size of our documentation files, all browsers that I tested
(remember this is 18-24 months ago which is *really* old by Web
standards) caused complete system failure of Windows when I tried to
view our manuals as HTML.
 
Instead of HTML, we decided to focus on the Windows Help format for
large documentation files.  You can even download copies of our
documentation as WinHelp files from:
 
     http://www.robelle.com/manuals.html
 
I've been really impressed by the performance of WinHelp and it
matches the approach that Bob and I designed in 1980.  The Robelle
Qhelp system is based on compiling documentation/help information into
a special format that is optimized for high-speed lookups.  WinHelp
does the same thing and come to think of it, so does IMAGE (you pay
more to add/delete things in order to have high-speed read-access).
The end result for large documents is a lot better than what HTTP/HTML
can deliver today.
 
Cheers,
 
David     <[log in to unmask]>