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xCHM - 1.11

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Version 1.11:	Not rated (0.0)
Selected Version:	1.11
Release Date:	2007-03-20
License:	Freeware
Downloads (version 1.11):	1,478
Downloads (all versions):	45,426

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Product Description:

xCHM is a program for reading Compiled HTML files that lots of Windows programs use for Help files. Also lots of e-books and other documentation comes in this format (such as the Java class library docs and the PHP docs.) Previously, there was no way to open these on a Mac without using a utility to decompress them into a million tiny .html files and read them in a browser.

This is a binary for the xCHM open source program which was originally written for Linux. Thanks to the fact that it was written using wxWindows, it was fairly easy to compile to run natively on OS X. I just tweaked the code to make it a bit more Mac friendly, and created an easily double-clickable application bundle for it. It still has some un-Mac like warts, but it works pretty well. I plan on trying to fix some of the problems and submit my changes back to the original developer.

Note that X11 is NOT required. This program runs natively (well, it's Carbon.)

What's new in this version:

Major feature enhancements: xCHM is now the first non-MS CHM viewer able to parse and use the binary table of contents and index files inside CHM books! Other changes: fixed Win32 logo loading problems, added "Save link as.." functionality (for embedded non-HTML files), fixed the TOC tree/currently loaded page sync problems, and made the fonts selected for displaying the pages also be used for printing.

Operating System Requirements:

This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:

Mac OS X 10.4 Intel
Mac OS X 10.4 PPC
Mac OS X 10.3.9
Mac OS X 10.3
Mac OS X 10.2

Additional Requirements:

Mac OS X 10.2 or later (Universal Binary)

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Crashes on 10.4.11 PPC - Version: 1.13, 12/20/2008 07:08PM PST

zahnc

Crashes on 10.4.11 PPC (G4). Thanks anyway, though.

Developer provided Mac OS binaries of xCHM - Version: 1.13, 5/2/2008 03:52AM PST

thewhiterabbit

I no longer have access to the Mac machine I've been using to make builds of xCHM on. If they were important to you, I need to raise about 800 EUROs (for the cheapest MacMini machine available here, which I believe is the cheapest Mac machine available). If you'd like to help, please use the "Support this project" button at the bottom of any of the pages on the http://xchm.sourceforge.net website. All you need is a SourceForge.net account (which you can get for free), and a PayPal account. The minimum donation allowed by SourceForge is $5.

Of course, the source code for xCHM will continue to be free regardless, and anyone who prefers will still be able to make his/her own builds of the application.

No support for all styled text - Version: 1.13, 4/15/2007 05:16AM PST

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Rorqual

I have some .chm files where xchm doesn't render italic, red coloured, or other styled text, while Chamonix does it just fine. These are technical books where these text enhancements are essential for comprehension, so xchm promptly went to the trash.
Also, no support for page up/page down keys is very annoying.