Comments on: Extract and decompile .chm file to view as html file under Linux

By: JorgeR3

JorgeR3 — Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:11:23 +0000

Me da este error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/bin/archmage”, line 169, in
main()
File “/usr/bin/archmage”, line 165, in main
source.extract(options.output)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/archmod/CHM.py”, line 234, in extract
self.process_templates(destdir=destdir)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/archmod/CHM.py”, line 193, in process_templates
open(os.path.join(destdir, os.path.basename(template)), ‘w’).write(self.get_template(template))
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/archmod/CHM.py”, line 188, in get_template
return re.sub(‘\’, self.sub_mytag, tpl)
File “/usr/lib/python2.7/re.py”, line 151, in sub
return _compile(pattern, flags).sub(repl, string, count)
File “/usr/lib/pymodules/python2.7/archmod/CHM.py”, line 179, in sub_mytag
res = eval(re.group(1))
File “”, line 1, in
NameError: name ‘deftopic’ is not defined

By: noah

noah — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 23:00:11 +0000

RewriteRule ^(.*\.chm)$ $1/ [R]

Adds the trailing slash automatically

By: sh!zeeg

sh!zeeg — Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:16:42 +0000

Yay! Cool! Now I can read my CHMs in plaintext tty too! Elinks, lynx, w3m, conkeror. In any of my favorite browsers!
Thank you very much.

By: unni kartha

unni kartha — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 16:09:50 +0000

gnochm works fine for me. debian lenny gnu/linux

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 02:47:06 +0000

If possible try to use a CHM view rather than viewing it this way. In most viewers, you can search through the text – which is the main advantage of CHM files.