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diff --git a/doc/misc/ChangeLog b/doc/misc/ChangeLog index 62f565191dc..b7419b5369b 100644 --- a/doc/misc/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/misc/ChangeLog @@ -1,10 +1,15 @@ +2015-03-25 Glenn Morris <rgm@gnu.org> + + * idlwave.texi (HTML Help Browser Tips): Remove obsolete info. + 2015-03-18 Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> * efaq-w32.texi: Remove outdated information and update. 2015-03-18 Martin Rudalics <rudalics@gmx.at> - * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows): Fix description (Bug#20110). + * efaq.texi (Fullscreen mode on MS-Windows): + Fix description (Bug#20110). 2015-03-04 Michael Albinus <michael.albinus@gmx.de> diff --git a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi index 7cf9673add5..f6d702c4963 100644 --- a/doc/misc/idlwave.texi +++ b/doc/misc/idlwave.texi @@ -3800,31 +3800,25 @@ available, it is the preferred choice, and the default. The variable whether this help browser is used. If you use the IDL Assistant, the tips here are not relevant. -Since IDLWAVE runs on a many different system types, a single browser -configuration is not possible, but choices abound. On many systems, -the default browser configured in @code{browse-url-browser-function}, -and hence inherited by default by -@code{idlwave-help-browser-function}, is Netscape. Unfortunately, the -HTML manuals decompiled from the original source contain formatting -structures which Netscape 4.x does not handle well, though they are -still readable. A much better choice is Mozilla, or one of the -Mozilla-derived browsers such as -@uref{http://galeon.sourceforge.net/,Galeon} (GNU/Linux), -@uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/camino/,Camino} (MacOSX), or -@uref{http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firebird/,Firebird} (all -platforms). Newer versions of Emacs provide a browser-function choice -@code{browse-url-gnome-moz} which uses the Gnome-configured browser. +Since IDLWAVE runs on many different system types, a single browser +configuration is not possible, but choices abound. The default +@code{idlwave-help-browser-function} inherits the browser configured +in @code{browse-url-browser-function}. Note that the HTML files decompiled from the help sources contain specific references to the @samp{Symbol} font, which by default is not permitted in normal encodings (it's invalid, technically). Though it only impacts a few symbols, you can trick Mozilla-based browsers into recognizing @samp{Symbol} by following the directions +@c This page is 11 years old. Is it still relevant? @uref{http://hutchinson.belmont.ma.us/tth/Xfonts.html, here}. With this fix in place, HTML help pages look almost identical to their PDF equivalents (yet can be bookmarked, browsed as history, searched, etc.). +@c Not updated in over a decade. +@C Maybe you want to recommend eww these days. +@ignore @noindent Individual platform recommendations: @itemize @bullet @@ -3861,6 +3855,7 @@ following, to get consistent behavior with the @kbd{q} key: Note that you can open the file in an external browser from within @code{w3m} using @kbd{M}. @end itemize +@end ignore @node Configuration Examples @appendix Configuration Examples |