GNOME has been working on a new help browser that works with XML and scrollkeeper directly. It is worth checking. Also worth a look is the project David Merril is working on that will make it possible to use the XML files and Scrollkeeper stuff with any browser. It is called Scrollserver I think. If necessary, I can try to track down more specifics. Both projects sound good and they are worth looking at rather than continuing to maintain our own help browser. It should provide the functionality we require along with lightening the burden on the GIMP hackers. We could still ship an HTML version with the Windows and Mac and whatever releases and provide a tar of the HTML for download on www.gimp.org. I think it would be nice to work directly with the XML for the user, especially considering some of the added features things like Scrollkeeper offer. Scrollkeeper is allegedly being coordinated with KDE people and such so offering our help in that format should make it easier to integrate with preferred systems. The Scrollserver thingie is supposed to be pretty fast and convert the things on the fly. David Merril (sorry if I am spelling it wrong) is doing it so help can also be used with lynx or any browser. bex
