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minus-squaremadame_gaymes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12·1 day agoCame here to say something similar about a local archive. You can also use the app Kiwix to make it a little easier to download/search (and grab several other doc archives like Python PEP and Wikipedia)
minus-squareanotherandrew@mbin.mixdown.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoCompletely forgot about kiwix; I have that on my ipad and laptop, along with Dash which is like a modern day HELPPC.COM if anyone remembers that thing…
minus-squaremadame_gaymes@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoI didn’t know about Dash, but it sounds pretty great. Appears to be Mac only, though, and requires a subscription for the latest version. Also found someone that appears to have converted HelpPC to HTML. Can’t speak to the legitimacy of it, though. https://www.stanislavs.org/helppc/
minus-squareXanthobilly@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI used Kiwix to grab a copy of Wikipedia.
Came here to say something similar about a local archive.
You can also use the app Kiwix to make it a little easier to download/search (and grab several other doc archives like Python PEP and Wikipedia)
Completely forgot about kiwix; I have that on my ipad and laptop, along with Dash which is like a modern day
HELPPC.COMif anyone remembers that thing…I didn’t know about Dash, but it sounds pretty great. Appears to be Mac only, though, and requires a subscription for the latest version.
Also found someone that appears to have converted HelpPC to HTML. Can’t speak to the legitimacy of it, though.
https://www.stanislavs.org/helppc/
I used Kiwix to grab a copy of Wikipedia.