JavaHelp is both an application and a format for

online help Online help is topic-oriented, procedural or reference information delivered through computer software. It is a form of user assistance. The purpose of most online help is to assist in using a software application, web application or operating sys ...

files that can be displayed by the JavaHelp browser. It is written in

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, and is mainly used in Java applications. It can be used for any application and it does require the overhead of the JRE to load. The file format is

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. The

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uses a tri-pane layout, with a

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and

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at the top, navigation pane on the left, and content viewer on the right. The navigation pane includes searching, indexing, and a table of contents.

License

JavaHelp application used to come with the GNU General Public License with Classpath exception However, since the source code from JavaHelp was put on GitHub for

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, the source code has been re-licensed to the Common Development and Distribution License. However the source code files are still (mistakingly) under the GPLv2 with Classpath exception license

References

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