[Qt-interest] Qt Integration with OS X Help system?

[Israel Brewster]

I was thinking of perhaps simply displaying my help files using a  
QWebView, but I can't get Qt to compile with WebKit, so that's not an  
option. So What other options do I have? I suppose I could just have  
it open a simple dialog instructing the user to see the on-disk  
documentation, but that feels rather cheesy to me. Is there a way to  
have Qt execute a system command? I may be able to work up a shell  
script or simple objective-C program that opens the Mac OS X help  
viewer that I could simply call from Qt. I'm running out of ideas here  
- any feedback would be appreciated. Thanks!

On Nov 25, 2009, at 10:31 AM, Israel Brewster wrote:

> Well, I tried using the QHelp/QtAssistant system, but while I was  
> able to generate the .qch and .qhp files and open them in Assistant,  
> it totally mangled them. Much of my layout (using CSS) was gone, and  
> many of my images showed up as generic icons while others didn't  
> show up at all. Some pages worked, while others it complained about  
> not being able to find. Needless to say, that's not going to work  
> for me :-) I may have messed up somewhere in the generation of the  
> help files, but I'm pretty sure I got all the files listed. So what  
> are my options here? As stated in my original message, I'd like to  
> integrate with the Mac OS X provided help viewer, if possible - my  
> files show up perfectly there. Thanks!
>
> On Nov 24, 2009, at 1:46 PM, Israel Brewster wrote:
>
>> Is there a way to integrate Qt with the built-in help system on Mac  
>> OS X? I'd like to be able to just pull up the OS X assistant when  
>> the user chooses help. If that's not an option, then what is the  
>> best way to do something similar, completely within Qt? My help  
>> files are html pages, including a number of links to external  
>> webpages that I would like to have open in the users default web  
>> browser. Thanks!
>>
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>> Israel Brewster
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> Israel Brewster
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> Frontier Flying Service Inc.
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> (907) 450-7250 x293
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Israel Brewster
Computer Support Technician II
Frontier Flying Service Inc.
5245 Airport Industrial Rd
Fairbanks, AK 99709
(907) 450-7250 x293
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