[Development] Assistant WebKit/WebEngine support

[Konstantin Tokarev]

21.06.2019, 17:36, "Simon Hausmann" <simon.hausmann at qt.io>:
> Am 21.06.19 um 15:42 schrieb Volker Hilsheimer:
>>>  To me it seems easier to solve this first by making the Qt Assistant use
>>>  WebEngine and when we later have a better doc "frontend" (as web app)
>>>  switch to that and potentially an external browser.
>>
>>  Personally I think the “external browser”, as in “the browser that I read all other development documentation in”, should be a first choice for displaying Qt documentation.
>
> I think that applies in particular content wise. On the other hand, I'm
> a regular user of the ? mode in the locator in Qt Creator. That is SO
> convenient in quickly looking up a topic and then getting back to code
> just by pressing escape. The ability to view documentation "inline" is
> great. Why should we remove the feature when we can make it work with
> modern web content at our finger tips?

If think Qt Creator would benefit a lot from using separate help server process,
as issues like [1] would be impossible, and one could just restart help server
when things go wrong.

[1] https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTCREATORBUG-18456

>
> I don't see inline doc viewing or Qt assistant mutually exclusive with a
> great documentation web app - I think that they could co-exist very well
> (and should). However the former can be improved today with minimal
> effort, while developing a Qt docs web app will take longer.
>
> Simon
>
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Regards,
Konstantin