On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 12:09 PM, <
joe@actionline.com> wrote:
>
> How can I export the text from a .chm file?
>
> In particular when it is broken into multiple "chapters"?
>
> I have a file with 884,134 bytes and the content is broken into 90
> chapters. I can open the file with 'xchm' and read the contents (or
> capture the text) chapter by chapter but how can I export the complete
> text of all 90 chapters in a single text file?
>
> What a nuisance all the screwball M$ files are.
>
> I found the following items at linux.software.informer.com but have no
> idea and no way to figure out which one might do what I want most simply
> and efficiently.
>
> - CHM2Word 3.0 - Dawningsoft Inc - Convert CHM file to M$ Word Document
> - More Linux Convert CHM to Text File
> - ChmDecompiler 3.2 - GuohuaSoft - decompiler for Compiled Windows HTML
> Help files (*.chm)
> - CHM2PDF Pilot 2.1 - Two Pilots - can convert any CHM file to PDF file.
> - CHM to HTML Converter 4.4 - Armenian Dictionary Software - convert any
> CHM files to HTML
> - CHM Decoder 2.0 - GridinSoft LLC - decompile CHM files to HTML
>
>
>
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There are several sourceforge projects that look promising:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/archmage/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/modchm/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/alx-library/
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