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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