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I am using Ubuntu 20.04. Can anyone recommend software to create HTML help files, preferably free.

karel
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Steve Chorny
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  • If you are talking about CHM files, the Wikipedia article about CHM ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Compiled_HTML_Help ) says the following: The Free Pascal project has a compiler (chmcmd) that can create CHM files in a multiplatform way. – FedKad Dec 27 '20 at 20:13

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Libreoffice Writer, part of the Libreoffice suite can save documents in HTML format.

Following FedonKadifeli's comment however, thinking along documentation generators, here is a list of them on Wikipedia.

Without any personal experience using it, I would highlight Sphinx (Also, its wikipedia page), because a high number of reputable projects use it (and I remember my positive impressions coming across some of them).

Here is an example documentation, that demonstrate its features for providing ergonomic and eye-pleasing interfaces. To achieve that look in the example, it needs this theme.

The Sphinx website's examples page also offers an insight into the range of projects / organizations that rely on it.

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For greater compatibility, I suggest writing the documentation in Markdown format which is very simple and you can use free software (e.g. Visual Studio Code) to immediately see the formatted docs as you write. Afterwards, you can use one of several available utilities to export Markdown to HTML or to several other formats (e.g. PDF, DOC, EPUB).

fuxoft
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