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June 12, 2004
Open source online help
Roger Brinkley mentioned the other day in a meeting that we really ought to think about supporting online help for open source projects. But I realize that since I built my first working kernel, I can perhaps count the number of times I've really needed online help on Linux on the fingers of one hand, as opposed to a web browser or a man page.
But Binky is probably right for people using IDEs like Rave or NetBeans. Paul Fussell was showing off the cool help feature they've put into Rave, as sort of always-present commentary that changes as the focus moves around. The idea is that JavaHelp will go out as an open source offering... all we need to do is get Java everywhere you've got X.
Posted by Mark at June 12, 2004 01:52 PM