Common Desktop Environment: Help System Author's and Programmer's Guide

Example: Text File Entities

Suppose you wrote the text for your help volume in three files named file1, file2, and file3, plus a fourth file containing your <metainfo> ...</metainfo> section. You could include them in your volume.htg file like this:

<!entity MetaInformation   FILE  "metainfo">
<!entity MyFirstFile       FILE  "file1">
 <!entity MySecondFile      FILE  "file2">
 <!entity MyThirdFile       FILE  "file3">

 &MetaInformation;

 <hometopic>  My Home Title

 Welcome to my application's help volume.

 &MyFirstFile;
 &MySecondFile;
 &MyThirdFile;