Viewing CHM files in Linux With installation instructions for Ubuntu
Viewing CHM files in Linux With installation instructions for Ubuntu CHM or Microsoft compiled HTML Help is a format developed by Microsoft for online help . Most of the documentation in Windows platform is in chm file format , also these days most of the ebooks available on the internet are either available in the chm file format or pdf file format . Now most of the distributions do not ship tools and libraries for viewing chm files by default since it is a proprietary format used by Microsoft Products , So if you want to read a ebooks which are in chm file format you have to install third party tools and libraries . In this short tutorial i try to describe how to install some of the tools for viewing CHM files on your Ubuntu desktop : 1. Gnochm Gnochm is a gnome based chm viewer that has the following features : - * Support for external ms-its links * Full text search support * Bookmarks * Configurable support for HTTP links * Integrated with GNOME2 * Support for multiple languages ...