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CHM to PDF conversion tool
Asif Lodhi
2006-03-13 15:46:28 UTC
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Hi experts,

Basically, I've some CHM (Help files in Microsoft format) files which
are basically some manuals. The problem is that I want to work on
Linux and there is no CHM reader utility on Linux (this is my poor
knowledge - may be there is that I don't know about). So I would be
really thankful if you guys could give me URLs to a utility/app that
can convert CHM to PDF (that's the format I like most). OK, CHM to
PostScript will be alright as well.

Any help?

Thanks in advance,

Asif
Jon Dixon
2006-03-13 15:55:08 UTC
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Post by Asif Lodhi
Hi experts,
Basically, I've some CHM (Help files in Microsoft format) files which
are basically some manuals. The problem is that I want to work on
Linux and there is no CHM reader utility on Linux (this is my poor
knowledge - may be there is that I don't know about). So I would be
really thankful if you guys could give me URLs to a utility/app that
can convert CHM to PDF (that's the format I like most). OK, CHM to
PostScript will be alright as well.
Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Asif
Hi Asif

If you have the universe repo enabled, you should be able to install
xCHM which is a Linux reader for these files.

HTH,

Jon
Albin Blaschka
2006-03-13 16:03:56 UTC
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Post by Asif Lodhi
Hi experts,
Basically, I've some CHM (Help files in Microsoft format) files which
are basically some manuals. The problem is that I want to work on
Linux and there is no CHM reader utility on Linux (this is my poor
knowledge - may be there is that I don't know about). So I would be
really thankful if you guys could give me URLs to a utility/app that
can convert CHM to PDF (that's the format I like most). OK, CHM to
PostScript will be alright as well.
Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Asif
Hello,

there *is* at least one chm-viewer, I think it is called xchm, it should
be available over synaptic / as a package (i am now at work with no
ubuntu available) -
There is the possibility of a search in synaptic ;-) or in a terminal
apt-cache search xchm

:-)

HTH,

Albin
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Henry Lenzi
2006-03-16 18:51:57 UTC
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Post by Albin Blaschka
Hello,
there *is* at least one chm-viewer, I think it is called xchm
Yes, it's called that. IMHO, conversting like the OP proposed is bas
idea. CHM files are smaller. In fact, I don't know why Gnome doesn't
use them for their help files too.
shizow
2006-05-08 14:43:44 UTC
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is there not any conversion tool from chm to pdf files?
i need to print out a big file, and with xchm i can only print one
chapter at one time, the same happens if i try to print a chm file in
windows at work.
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dogen2
2006-06-23 01:14:31 UTC
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Post by shizow
is there not any conversion tool from chm to pdf files?
i need to print out a big file, and with xchm i can only print one
chapter at one time, the same happens if i try to print a chm file in
windows at work.
sudo apt-get install chmlib-bin

extract_chmLib file.chm file_dir/



I haven't found an HTML to PDF converter yet, but that should get you
started.
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Dave Scott
2006-06-23 03:38:44 UTC
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Post by dogen2
I haven't found an HTML to PDF converter yet, but that should get you
started.
Acrobat 7 on a Windows XP box does a nice job. I originally did my
resume in dreamweaver html format and then when printing it, selected
the Adobe PDF printer. If you have a specific HTML file you'd like to
convert, I'd be happy to do it for you and mail the PDF back.

Dave
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Norton Roman
2006-03-13 16:07:45 UTC
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Yes, there is... xchm. There is an ubuntu package in the universe... check
it out:
http://packages.ubuntu.com/cgi-bin/search_contents.pl?word=xchm&searchmode=searchfiles&case=insensitive&version=breezy&arch=i386

About converters... I know none... sorry

Norton
Post by Asif Lodhi
Hi experts,
Basically, I've some CHM (Help files in Microsoft format) files which
are basically some manuals. The problem is that I want to work on
Linux and there is no CHM reader utility on Linux (this is my poor
knowledge - may be there is that I don't know about). So I would be
really thankful if you guys could give me URLs to a utility/app that
can convert CHM to PDF (that's the format I like most). OK, CHM to
PostScript will be alright as well.
Any help?
Thanks in advance,
Asif
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Asif Lodhi
2006-03-13 16:50:22 UTC
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Hi All,

Thanks. I'll now try to install it & will get back to you guys if I
find any problems.

Thank you all.

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Asif
Noah Dain
2006-03-13 19:27:33 UTC
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Post by Asif Lodhi
Hi All,
Thanks. I'll now try to install it & will get back to you guys if I
find any problems.
Thank you all.
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you can use extract in chmlib to extract the contents of a chm to a
directory. then use htmldoc (gui even!) to combine those into a pdf.

i've found this to kinda-sorta work most of the time.

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