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Converting CHM Files to Something ... UsefulFebruary 20, 2007 - 11:00pm
Jamie Phelps asks: QuestionHow can one convert CHM (Microsoft help files) to a more usable format such as PDF? I would like to import some of my ebooks into Yojimbo for reference storing. AnswerIt’s easier than you might expect. It also involves the Developer Tools, as you might expect. Go get CHM Lib and download it somewhere. Go inside and: ./configure --prefix /usr/local/ --enable-examples make; sudo make install While /usr/local is the recommended location, you can put it anywhere. Now in /usr/local/bin there’s a program called About Adam Knight |
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Or if you’re not into building a cmd-line tool and would like a GUI solution, try the freeware expander Tubby
At the moment it seems that direct CHM-to-PDF conversion utilities for OSX aren’t quite here yet. (On the Windows side, where the .chm format originated, there are several)
Actually, what I’d really like to see is a Webkit plugin that would allow Safari to open/view a .chm directly…
—prefix /usr/local/
should be
—prefix=/usr/local/
*shrug* worked for me that way
http://chmox.sourceforge.net/
DHM to PDF: use CHIMP. Only mac program I’ve found that does this.
Where can I download Chimp? I’ve been looking all over for this, but can’t find it. Developers link is down for this app.
try
http://mac.softpedia.com/progDownload/Chimp-Download-9854.html
Note that Chimp costs $4.95 USD for the fully functional version. However, it’s unclear whether you’re purchase will actually yield you anything since the developer no longer seems to acknowledge this app. Try contacting him/her first. Otherwise, Google is your friend.
In my experience with Chimp, it did convert the file to PDF and seemed to do an ok job at it, but the PDF can’t be navigated by the Table of Contents nor the Index. However, I could still do a “Find”.
When you drop the folder into Notae, it doesn’t do anything!!!
Referring to Yojimbo as “a more expensive knockoff” of Notae makes you look like a snide and petulant child. Your sales would surely go up if, rather than chiding users of other products, you actually investigated what makes those other products superior and improved your own product. Y’know, maybe learn something?