Hey there, I think Manuals is a really neat and I would like to use it for other development projects, I’m wondering if its possible to load documentation for other languages and projects if I can somehow convert their documentation to the same format Manuals use ? Is it possible to use it for more generic purposes than just for Gnome application development ?
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Before the existence of Manuals and Biblioteca, there was only one app: Devhelp.
I’m the maintainer of the Devhelp version as hosted on GitHub (the “unofficial” version) for my own needs.
Otherwise the “official” Devhelp version is archived.
It has always been possible to use Devhelp for other development projects than GNOME/GTK, if the documentation to browse is available in HTML plus a *.devhelp2 (or the older *.devhelp) XML file that contains the index.
For example I know that at some point, the C++ standard library was available as a Devhelp book.
Devhelp looks for books in some specific directories. It’s a generic app (not specific to GNOME) and is extensible. Yes, it can be used by other development communities!
The Manuals and Biblioteca apps seem to be more focused on GNOME only, unfortunately.