[Gambas-user] [Feature Request] Offline Documentation

Emil Lenngren emil.lenngren at ...626...
Sat May 12 21:12:44 CEST 2012


Somebody who has a downloadable .tar.gz containing the documentation?

2012/4/20 Willy Raets <willy at ...2734...>

> On do, 2012-04-19 at 10:43 -0700, Randall Morgan wrote:
> > Couldn't this be done simply running a simple web server as localhost on
> an
> > unused port and downloading the site using a site copier like HTTtrack
> for
> > the local version. Then simply allowing user to choose online or offline
> > documentation via a menu item that simply choose the real domain or
> > localhost:<port> ?
> >
> > Sounds like it would be rather simple to implement as a starting point
> for
> > off line docs. The user could then choose to update the local docs with a
> > site copier or one could be written in Gambas or python to allow the docs
> > to be updated.  That would mean there would be no overhead for the
> > documentation developers and only a onetime development effort for the
> > local server.
> >
> > Just thinking out loud here....
>
> I very much like your loud thoughts here :-)
>
> They way you explain it, it should indeed no be that hard to implement
> it into Gambas.
>
> All it takes is some manner to tell the IDE where to find the local
> files. And if downloading the documentation would be part of the IDE, it
> would know where the files are and it could even determine what files to
> use on the state of being online or offline.
>
> And when online some version check to update local files would be off
> importance.
>
> Good to know about the existence of HHTPtrack.
> At least now I can download the documentation without much trouble and
> use my local webserver to publish it:-)
>
> Willy
>
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