Reading CHM files in Linux

Article Title: Reading CHM files in Linux. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.
CHM file is a Help File System (compressed HTML Help File) launched by Microsoft Based on the HTML file feature, to replace the earlier WinHelp Help System (. hlp format ). In Windows, this type of file is called "Compiled HTML Help File ".
　　
The CHM menu of the corresponding language is automatically displayed in the operating system of different languages. JavaScript, VBScript, ActiveX, JavaApplet, Flash, and HTML image files (GIF, JPEG, and PNG) supported by browsers (such as Internet Explorer and Mozilla) CHM also supports audio/video files (AU, MIDI, WAV, and AVI) and can be associated with the Internet through URL addresses.
　　
XCHM is a CHM File reader in Unix. It is open source code (GPL) and supports FreeBSD, Linux, and Solaris. It is developed based on the wxWindows framework and chmlib library. WxWindows is an open-source C ++-based GUI framework. XCHM is based on Gtk +, that is, wxGtk. Chmlib is the ITSS/CHM File Processing library developed by Jed Wing's. This article describes how to install and use XCHM.
　　
Download
　　
To install XCHM, wxWindows and chmlib libraries are required. Go to their respective project home pages to download the latest version.
　　
The chmlib library is http: // 66.93.236.84 /~ Jedwin/projects/chmlib/, latest version 0.31, file name is chmlib-0.31.tgz.
　　
WxWindows is the http://wxwindows.sourceforge.net, the newest extension 2.4.2. The file name is wxgtk-2.4.2.tar.gz.
　　
XCHM for the http://xchm.sourceforge.net, the latest 20170.8.10, the file name is xchm-0.8.10.tar.gz.
　　
Install
　　
First, install the chmlib library on Linux. Decompress the downloaded software package with the following command:
　　
# Tar-xzvf chmlib-0.31.tgz
　　
Then edit the Makefile file under the chmlib-0.31 directory with a text editor, replace "CC = gcc-3.2, LD = gcc-3.2" with "CC = gcc, LD = gcc ". Run the following command to compile and install the SDK.
　　
# Cd chmlib-0.31
# Make; make install
　　
After installing the chmlib library, run the following command to install wxGtk:
　　
# Tar-xzvf wxGtk-2.4.2.tar.gz
# Cd wxGtk-2.4.2
#./Configure; make install
　　
To install the above two items, you also need to install XCHM. Use the following command:
　　
# Tar-xzvf xchm-0.8.10.tar.gz
# Cd xchm-0.8.10
#./Configure; make install
　　
After the above installation is complete, XCHM still cannot be run. You need to create the following link:
　　
# Ln-s/usr/local/lib/libchm. so.0/usr/lib/libchm. so.0
# Ln-s/usr/lib/libwx_gtk-2.4.so.0/usr/lib/libwx_gtk-2.4.so
　　
Use
　　
The use of XCHM on Linux is basically the same as that on Windows. Run the following command to open the software. Interface 1 after the software is started.
　　
　　　
　　
Startup Interface
　　
# Xchm &
　　
Click the Fonts icon on the toolbar to bring up the font Setting dialog box, as shown in. You can set the font to your favorite type here.
　　
　　　
　　
Font setting page
　　
XCHM also supports printing. Click "Print..." to display the Print page, as shown in. It supports printing to files, that is, "Print to File", and also supports paper settings.
　　
　　
　　
Print Interface
　　
Summary
　　
In forums, people often ask what tools are available in Linux to view the CHM File. Now with XCHM, you don't have to worry about reading CHM-format e-books in Linux. However, its support for Chinese characters is not very good (due to the chmlib problem). I believe it will be improved in future versions.