** Description changed: Binary package hint: yelp Currently, clicking a link on the Yelp main page to a help topic that is - missing due to the appropriate -docs package (e.g. ubuntu-docs) brings - up a message box with a confusing and technical error message, like: + missing due to the appropriate -docs package (e.g. ubuntu-docs) not + being installed brings up a message box with a confusing and technical + error message, like: Unable to load page The requested URI "ghelp:internet#connecting" is invalid It would be nice if, instead, it said something like, "The requested page is provided by the package [blah], which is not installed. To install it, [blah blah blah]" followed by expandable text of the technical error message. This feature request is not high priority, since nontechnical users are unlikely to have Yelp installed but not have the -docs package installed for their Ubuntu flavor. However, this could be much more useful than simply providing information about why links on the main page don't work, in the rare situations where they don't. Executing a command in a terminal which is provided by an non-installed package causes a message to be printed telling the user what package provides the command, and how to install it; it would be neat if Yelp provided similar information about any unavailable help topics to which the user attempts to navigate. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: yelp 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Dec 29 16:29:04 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202) ProcEnviron: - SHELL=/bin/bash - LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 - LANG=en_US.UTF-8 + SHELL=/bin/bash + LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 + LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: yelp
** Description changed: Binary package hint: yelp Currently, clicking a link on the Yelp main page to a help topic that is missing due to the appropriate -docs package (e.g. ubuntu-docs) not being installed brings up a message box with a confusing and technical error message, like: Unable to load page The requested URI "ghelp:internet#connecting" is invalid It would be nice if, instead, it said something like, "The requested page is provided by the package [blah], which is not installed. To - install it, [blah blah blah]" followed by expandable text of the - technical error message. + install it, [blah blah blah]" followed (after two newlines) by + expandable text of the technical error message. This feature request is not high priority, since nontechnical users are unlikely to have Yelp installed but not have the -docs package installed for their Ubuntu flavor. However, this could be much more useful than simply providing information about why links on the main page don't work, in the rare situations where they don't. Executing a command in a terminal which is provided by an non-installed package causes a message to be printed telling the user what package provides the command, and how to install it; it would be neat if Yelp provided similar information about any unavailable help topics to which the user attempts to navigate. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04 Package: yelp 2.30.2-0ubuntu1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7 Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic i686 Architecture: i386 Date: Wed Dec 29 16:29:04 2010 ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202) ProcEnviron: SHELL=/bin/bash LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8 LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SourcePackage: yelp -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/695511 Title: yelp should specify which Ubuntu packages provide missing help topics -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
