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#71

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by MrBcx - November 02, 2026, 01:48:11 AM

I took my earlier MD2HTML and converted it to MD2RTF.

It has most of the same functionality but not all, notably no "--dark" option.

One thing it does have is the ability to call it at the command line with a github RAW url.


MD2RTF https://raw.githubusercontent.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32/refs/heads/docs/desktop-src/Controls/about-combo-boxes.md


The app will resolve, download, and embed the images referenced in the github link.  Pretty useful!

The zip contains a Pelles project, files, and a Samples folder with a half dozen that I created with this tool, just to give an idea of what it produces.

Have fun!

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The forum is not showing the 0.6MB zip, so I'm making it available here:

https://bcxbasiccoders.com/bcxusers/mrbcx/md2rtf_poc.zip

#72

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by TimoVJL - November 01, 2026, 09:33:35 PM

Thanks Robert.

Quite small and only <br> haven't handled / removed  from MS created files.

#73

User contributions / Re: Offline GitHub MS Document...

Last post by Robert - November 01, 2026, 08:32:08 PM

A markdown (.md) conversion to RTF could be useful for md-files,
as RichEdit component could show them visually.

Currently win32-docs are not good consistent material, but a testbed for them.

Sadly also a MSDN help file material is just a huge trashcan with too many kind of formattings, no coherent material.

A md-format was a good idea, from it could format many kind of other formats, like bloated xhtml.

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a sophisticated malware campaign exploiting Microsoft Help Index Files (.mshi) to deliver the notorious PipeMagic backdoor, marking a significant evolution in the threat actors' tactics since the malware's first detection in 2022.

MarkDown to RTF project here.

https://github.com/fabiov64/md2rtf

[strcmp]

#74

Tips & tricks / Re: markdown_parser

Last post by MrBcx - November 01, 2026, 08:19:58 PM

Thanks, i will test it.

Great! Your ppj works as it should. 

FYI -- There are about a dozen and a half command line switch detections that use strcmp that
would be better changed to _stricmp, to allow the switches to be case-insensitive.

There are probably lots of other enhancements that could be made but MD2HTML is pretty usable as it is right now.

#75

Tips & tricks / Re: markdown_parser

Last post by TimoVJL - November 01, 2026, 06:53:18 PM

Thanks, i will test it.

#76

Tips & tricks / Re: markdown_parser

Last post by MrBcx - November 01, 2026, 06:51:28 PM

A smaller markdown parser found from

https://codereview.stackexchange.com/q/297742

I used an AI agent to produce an improved usable app from the stackexchange project. 

Build.bat uses Gcc but shouldn't be too tough to make a Pelles C project from it.


My zip file contains this sample .md:

https://github.com/MicrosoftDocs/win32/blob/docs/desktop-src/Controls/about-combo-boxes.md

* We can drag and drop a *.md file onto MD2HTML.exe and it will create an html file.

* Or you can do something like this:
  C:\Temp\MD2HTML>md2html --dark about-combo-boxes.md
  about-combo-boxes.md -> about-combo-boxes.html (22227 bytes)

* I manually saved the 3 images and created a folder named images next to MD2HTML.

* I made no edits to the markdown file.

* I told the AI agent to add a command line switch, "--dark"  to output a darkmode html.
  Of course, it defaults to light mode.


I personally don't have much need for this but I thought someone on this forum might.

#77

General discussion / Re: Testing code with other C ...

Last post by Michele - November 01, 2026, 01:34:46 PM

I use Eclipse IDE for all projects, from windows to embedded hardware.
I use clang to compile windows apps.
Isn't perfect, but is very helpful on writing, compiling and testing.

#78

General discussion / Re: Testing code with other C ...

Last post by TimoVJL - November 01, 2026, 12:38:24 PM

Those headers makes things easier.

clang-cl.exe don't accept WINSDK annotations and also problems with standard headers.

VCForPython27.msi is still available too.

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clang.exe hello.c -Wl,-nodefaultlib:libcmt -D_DLL -lmsvcrt -o hello_clang64.exe

#79

General discussion / Re: Testing code with other C ...

Last post by Vortex - November 01, 2026, 11:43:53 AM

Hi Timo,

I think you can use only clang.exe to compile code without depending on the other Clang binaries :

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C:\clang>clang -c -m32 -Wall Hello.c -o Hello32.o


C:\clang>set INCLUDE=D:\VCForPython27\VC\include;D:\VCForPython27\WinSDK\Include


C:\clang>clang -c -m32 -Wall Hello.c -o Hello32.o

#80

Tips & tricks / Re: markdown_parser

Last post by John Z - November 01, 2026, 10:14:35 AM

Nice find Timo!

I've used the free Pandoc in the past.
https://pandoc.org/ to do the conversions, very versatile but much bigger of course.
There is also a md2html.exe included in the helpfile utilities in the FAR downloads,
which unfortunately are removed, but I have available.

John Z