-- $Id: Readme,v 1.4 1995/06/30 08:44:23 harrer Exp $

emacs support for libhelp
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about
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    the emacs support for libhelp contains a modyfied html-mode.el and
    an example for convenient help file writing (libhelp-html.el). 

    features html-mode.el:

    . hilit19 gives it nice colors
    . easymenu gives it a menu.
    . html tags are lowercase :)
    . xmhelp is used as html previewer.

    . libhelp-html.el provides an example menu for writing libhelp
      helpfiles. It should be easy for you to rewrite it for your
      requirements. 

installation
------------

    copy the files html-mode.el and libhelp-html.el to a directory in
    your load-path (emacs-lisp search path). e.g. i use the directory
    /usr/local/site-lisp for it. optionally you can copy the byte
    compiled versions of this files (*.elc) too. 

    to activate the code when visiting html files (ending in .html),
    you should add the code from 

	example.emacs

    into your personal .emacs file or into a site-specific startup
    file (e.g. on my system /usr/local/emacs/site-lisp/site-start.el).

    You'll probably want to set the lisp variable 

	html-sigusr1-signal-value

    to the integer value of SIGUSR1 on your system 
    (Solaris 16, Linux 10, AIX 30, IRIX 16, SunOS 30, HPUX 16?)
    see the file /usr/include/sys/signal.h for the correct value.

    I try to avoid this in the next releases.

bug reports and comments
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    bug reports and other comments can be sent to 
	
	mache@informatik.uni-stuttgart.de

    if you  find libhelp useful   or particularly interesting,  please
    also send  us  a note.  user  feedback can  be very important  for
    further support and developement of libhelp.

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    cheers,

        thomas harrer
    	Thomas.Harrer@rus.uni-stuttgart.de

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