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Some work I’m doing involved using a bunch of 3rd party tools. They come with .HLP files for user documentation, but I’m doing my development on a Linux host. I discovered a great tool called helpdeco which produced a few different files, on the basis that you may want to change things and regenerate the .HLP file.

For me, the RTF file it produced was exactly what I needed. I was able to get at the info I wanted, and didn’t have to reboot my laptop in order to read the help file. (It occurs to me that invoking some command under the wine emulator may have also worked. Another time. 🙂 )