Re: [GNC] Ubuntu: Documentation not working
Thank you. Do you know where the other docs get installed? Perhaps I could link /usr/share/help to the proper location for the time being. On Sat, Oct 8, 2022 at 3:41 AM Geert Janssens wrote: > Op zaterdag 8 oktober 2022 09:33:05 CEST schreef R Losey: > > > When I installed GnuCash in Ubuntu, it seemed to install everything -- > the > > > price quote program as well as the documentation... however, when I run > > > GnuCash, it won't find the documentation and speculates that it is not > > > installed (but it is). I can take my browser to > > > /usr/share/docs/gnucash-docs/gnucash-guide-en/index.html, and everything > > > looks fine. > > > > > > Is there some environment variable I need to set? It would be nice to > have > > > the "Help" buttons actually work. > > Ubuntu ships our documentation in the wrong format and in the wrong > location. > > GnuCash expects to find the documentation in docbook format and located in > > /usr/share/help. > > What you have found in /usr/share/docs is the html formatted version of > our documentation. That's only meant for general consumption via a browser, > not via gnucash (on linux). It was never even intended to be distributed > via linux distributions, though distributions are free to do so. It's just > not the format gnucash itself expects to present to you. > > This is a bug that was already in the upstream Debian distribution. > > Meanwhile is has been fixed there. I'm not sure what's needed to get the > fix in Ubuntu. Probably a bug report in the Ubuntu bug tracker ? > > > Regards, > > Geert > -- _ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
Re: [GNC] Ubuntu: Documentation not working
Op zaterdag 8 oktober 2022 09:33:05 CEST schreef R Losey: > When I installed GnuCash in Ubuntu, it seemed to install everything -- the > price quote program as well as the documentation... however, when I run > GnuCash, it won't find the documentation and speculates that it is not > installed (but it is). I can take my browser to > /usr/share/docs/gnucash-docs/gnucash-guide-en/index.html, and everything > looks fine. > > Is there some environment variable I need to set? It would be nice to have > the "Help" buttons actually work. Ubuntu ships our documentation in the wrong format and in the wrong location. GnuCash expects to find the documentation in docbook format and located in /usr/share/help. What you have found in /usr/share/docs is the html formatted version of our documentation. That's only meant for general consumption via a browser, not via gnucash (on linux). It was never even intended to be distributed via linux distributions, though distributions are free to do so. It's just not the format gnucash itself expects to present to you. This is a bug that was already in the upstream Debian distribution. Meanwhile is has been fixed there. I'm not sure what's needed to get the fix in Ubuntu. Probably a bug report in the Ubuntu bug tracker ? Regards, Geert ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
[GNC] Ubuntu: Documentation not working
When I installed GnuCash in Ubuntu, it seemed to install everything -- the price quote program as well as the documentation... however, when I run GnuCash, it won't find the documentation and speculates that it is not installed (but it is). I can take my browser to /usr/share/docs/gnucash-docs/gnucash-guide-en/index.html, and everything looks fine. Is there some environment variable I need to set? It would be nice to have the "Help" buttons actually work. -- _ Richard Losey rlo...@gmail.com Micah 6:8 ___ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user - Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All.
