I like the idea of a one-time autostart. Whether through the help handbook or just a text file in kwrite is fine. If we choose the help handbook then we need to convert the Release Notes into a docbook file and compile as bz2 html file, just like all other help handbooks, along with the same background theme. In that respect, a one-time auto-start of kwrite is much simpler. On the other
hand,
a one-time autostart of the help handbook is slick and polished, and we also can add the Release Notes into the main handbook
table of
contents for longevity.
With the next maintenance release we update the document and reimplement the one-time autostart.
I'm now thinking we could add a link in the "Welcome to TDE" help handbook. We auto-start the handbook just once with the handbook opening directly to the Release Notes.
The next time a user opens the main handbook, the "Welcome to TDE" handbook contains a link to the Release Notes.
The one-time autostart would function much like this command:
khelpcenter help:/khelpcenter/index.html?anchor=welcome
To see the effect, copy and paste that command into the Run dialog (Alt-F2).
Darrell