[HECnet] HECnet .HLP library for OpenVMS

[Sampsa Laine]

On 8 Sep 2015, at 09:58, Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> wrote:

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> On 8 Sep 2015, at 09:53, Mark Wickens <mark at wickensonline.co.uk> wrote:
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>> On 08/09/15 08:34, Mark Benson wrote:
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>>> On 08/09/2015 00:57, Sampsa Laine wrote:
>>>> Yeah, that should be doable.
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>>>> Doesn't even need to be a database, just an agreed markup structure and files..
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>>>> Then just convert them to whatever format you want.
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>>> Using flat files makes it less easy to search and query the data, and also potentially makes the data structure less flexible for future applications, but it is easier to host and transport. Kind of. But please, no XML. It makes my ears bleed.
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>> json is the friendlier standards based alternative to XML.
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> But these are largely text files with just simple headings, so not sure we need anything more complex than what goes into the VMS HELP system.

Saying that, I'm happy to convert the .HLP files into JSON for anyone who wants that :)


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