ngdb 0.0.1

ngdb - Norton Guide database reading library.

ngdb - A Python library for reading Norton Guide database files

Introduction

Back in the mists of time, in the days of MS-DOS and Clipper programming, Norton Guide database files were a very popular form of hypertext help. Lots of information is still kicking around inside such files.

This library is another in a reasonably long line of tools I've written to help keep that information available.

TODO

The library is now at a point where the reading of guides works fine, and it has plenty of test coverage too (in fact it should be 100% if I've not messed up). What's lacking right now us user documentation and an example tool or two.

They are to come.

My intention is to make a binary utility or two that go along with this library that will do things like turn a Norton Guide database into a series of HTML pages, or extract as a Markdown document, or something like that.

Eventually I'll create another project or two off the back of this, which will be separate from this. For example, I'd like to create a CHUI reader all in Python, and also perhaps a guide server based on Flask.

For now though... if you're happy diving through the library docs (make rtfm is your friend), there should be enough to get started.