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diff --git a/doc/running.but b/doc/running.but index 884c33f..8574708 100644 --- a/doc/running.but +++ b/doc/running.but @@ -14,18 +14,20 @@ This will generate a large set of \i{output files}: \b \i\c{output.txt} will be a \i{plain text} version of the input document. -\b \i\c{output.hlp} and \i\c{output.cnt} will be a \i{Windows Help} -version of the same thing. (Most of the text is in \c{output.hlp}; -\c{output.cnt} contains additional contents data used by the Windows -help topic selector. If you lose the latter, the former should still -be usable, but it will look less modern.) +\b \i\c{output.hlp} and \i\c{output.cnt} will be an old-style +\i{Windows Help} version of the same thing. (Most of the text is in +\c{output.hlp}; \c{output.cnt} contains additional contents data +used by the Windows help topic selector. If you lose the latter, the +former should still be usable, but it will look less modern.) \lcont{ -Note that Halibut does not require any external software such as a -\i{Help compiler}. It \e{directly} generates Windows Help files, and -therefore it doesn't need to be run on Windows to do so: it can -generate them even when run from an automated script on a Unix -machine. + +Note that to do this Halibut does not require any external software +such as a \i{Help compiler}. It \e{directly} generates old-style +Windows Help files, and therefore it doesn't need to be run on +Windows to do so: it can generate them even when run from an +automated script on a Unix machine. + } \b \c{output.1} will be a Unix \i{\cw{man} page}. @@ -81,9 +83,10 @@ line, using the \c{-C} option). \dt \i\cw{--winhelp}[\cw{=}\e{filename}] -\dd Specifies that you want to generate Windows Help output. You can -optionally specify a file name (e.g. \c{--winhelp=myfile.hlp}), in -which case Halibut will change the name of the output file as well. +\dd Specifies that you want to generate old-style Windows Help +output. You can optionally specify a file name (e.g. +\c{--winhelp=myfile.hlp}), in which case Halibut will change the +name of the output file as well. \lcont{ |