ScrollKeeper

Documentation Browsers With ScrollKeeper Support

There are currently several documentation browsers which use ScrollKeeper:

• KDE Help Center (khelpcenter)

  KDE's help browser has had ScrollKeeper support since the 2.x days.

  Screenshots:

  • KDE Help Center showing the ScrollKeeper contents list merged in.

• Nautilus

  Nautilus is the file manager and help browser for GNOME 1.4.x and was the first browser to include support for ScrollKeeper. Starting with GNOME 2.0, Nautilus will no longer include a help browser and ScrollKeeper support. Yelp will replace Nautilus as the GNOME help browser, including ScrollKeeper support.

  Screenshots:

  • The basic help view in Nautilus, showing a contents list from ScrollKeeper and a rendered document
  • The index tab view in Nautilus
  • The Nautilus contents list (via ScrollKeeper) and a rendered document. (Spanish)
  • Nautilus rendering a Japanese DocBook document

• ScrollServer

  (Taken from its web page) "ScrollServer is a Python based http server that provides access to a ScrollKeeper database with any web browser. You can use ScrollServer to browse and search help files that are installed in the ScrollKeeper database on your computer. Someday you will also be able to view online ScrollServer databases."

  ScrollServer is still young but holds promise to allow every project and organization to post documentation browsers on their web pages which include full contents lists, internationalization, indexing, searching, rendering, and format conversion of their documentation.

• Yelp

  Yelp will become the standard GNOME help browser, starting with GNOME 2.0. It already includes support for ScrollKeeper.

  Screenshots:

  • The opening Yelp window.
  • Yelp showing extended contents list and rendered document.