xchm(1)

xchm1

Compiled html help (chm) file viewer for x.

Usage

xchm [OPTIONS] [FILE]

Overview

xchm is a viewer for Compiled HTML Help (CHM) files. It, can show the contents tree if one is available, print the current page and do the usual history stunts. It allows you to change fonts and search for text in all the pages of the file, or in the pages' titles.

xchm does not handle Javascript in the book.

Options

-c, --contextid=<num>

context-Id to open in file, requires that a file be specified.

-h, --help

displays help message and exit.

Releases

11 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 3 times.

  1. 4.0
  2. 5.0–10
  3. 11–13
  4. Arch

--contextid since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); --help since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -c since Debian 5.0 (Lenny); -h since Debian 5.0 (Lenny).

Author

Razvan Cojocaru <[email protected]>

This manual page was written by Julien Lemoine <[email protected]> and reformatted by Kartik Mistry <[email protected]> for the Debian system (but may be used by others).

From xchm 1.40-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.