Subj : Re: helpfile.js
To   : Tracker1
From : MCMLXXIX
Date : Mon Sep 21 2009 02:00 pm

  Re: Re: helpfile.js
  By: Tracker1 to MCMLXXIX on Sun Sep 20 2009 15:41:22

 > Use XML, I know some won't like it.. but here goes...
 > https://developer.mozilla.org/En/E4X/Processing_XML_with_E4X
 >
 > help.xml
 >    <help>
 >      <section id="yourIdentifier">
 >      ..content here...
 >      </sectionName>
 >
 >      <section ...>
 >      ...
 >      </section>
 >      ...
 >    </help>
 >
 > read the file in with a...
 >    var f = new File(...);
 >    if (!f.open("r", true))
 >      throw "Unable to open help file '" + filename + "'.";
 >    var helpXml = new XML(f.readAll().join(""));
 >
 > you now have an E4X based XML object you can read in your information
 > from...
 >
 >    var sectionContent = helpXml.section.(@id == "yourIdentifier");
 >
 > This will give you the content within a given section... :)

Thanks for the ideas. I honestly had no idea JS had support for XML.

My synchronet build is ancient, relative to everything else going on here.
Guess it's time to update.


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