Here is a new release of newview. It adds some support for printing multiple topics. However there are obvious omissions, e.g. you can't select a range of topics to print.
It has been a long time since the last release. I had decided to stop work but some useful fixes already done were unreleased, and printing was halfway through a revamp.
The Future
Statistically, it is unlikely there will be any further newview release by me. I do want to work on it but due to work commitments and health issues I can't afford to do it. There has been much decreased interest and
contact from people. I also feel that further time spent on OS/2 at this stage is an increasingly foolish waste for me. And finally it has become too much like a job.
It's GPL: Someone Else Build It!!
Therefore, I am willing to work personally with someone to get NewView to compile on their system. They will need Sibyl, but I am prepared to send them a copy of my CD. Sorry Speedsoft. If someone is seriously interested, then I can also change the way NewView is compiled to make it easier for others to build.
However I am not willing to spend months porting Newview to work with some other compiler or set of libraries. That's not the deal. The one thing I can do is help with diffs and history of my changes to the Sibyl libraries, for help in merging with other sets of libraries. Unfortunately WDSibyl made some IMO foolish and incompatible changes to the libraries, otherwise that would be a good target.
Level of Difficulty
To understand the whole of Newview and its libraries would be moderately challenging. There is no rocket science in it but it's a medium size application. Beginners would probably find it very hard to get into. It is Object Pascal, which C++ programmers can learn without too much trouble (albeit a certain amount of moaning). It makes quite a lot of use of object orientation, but not to a fault.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/newview2_17_1.zip
later
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/misc/newview2_17_1.zip
V2.17.1
- Printing enhancements
- print entire document
- open windows
- Incomplete:
- cannot select a range of topics
- print the "related" topics
- empty windows are still printed
- Fixed cursor behaviour when moving
- Corrected word spacing in certain files (e.g. os2dbcs.inf)
- Window is restored if app help is requested while it's minimized.
- Fixed invisible startup window if a minimised help window already
exists!
- Fixed Edit-Copy or Ctrl+Ins from entry fields on the left panel
- Fixed tab order on global search
- Tab navigation of links (incomplete: no way to follow link)
- Use WarpSans Combined (if supported) on DBCS systems
NewView is a free replacement for the original OS/2 or eComStation online help system.
Major enhancements are:
- New user interface (split window)
- Select and copy direct from window
- Easy to use global (all files) search
- Remembers size & position
- Most recently used files list
- Smooth scrolling display
- Current topic always highlighted in contents
- Can go forward as well as back in history
- Options for fonts, colors and more
- Annotate help files
- Bookmarks
- Fully resizeable
- Automatic web, ftp and email links (uses default WPS browser)
- Drop files to open
- Open additional files
- Automatic language selection
- Automatic index creation
- Enhanced file dialog with help file titles
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