> Firstly, I have searched Google for a solution, exhausted all
> possibilities on the Kubuntu mailing list and installed all likely packages.
>
> I have two Linux distributions, one that I've used for 17 years
> (including it's ancestors) and now I'm trialling Kubuntu. I have
> installed the same Viking source file (version 1.3.2.1) under both
> installations but the manual is not displayed under Kubuntu. I've also
> installed the Ubuntu Viking package and the result is the same - no
> manual when "help" or F1 is pressed. There are no messages displayed on
> the console even when the debug or verbose options are used. The Viking
> directories are identical under both installations.
>
> I'm wondering if I'm the only person on the planet to have this problem
> or if this a known issue with a solution.
>
Interesting, as I've only just been looking at some of this today.
Viking's help should be installed in /usr/share/gnome/help/viking/C/viking.xml
(possibly /usr/local/share/gnome/help/viking/C/viking.xml if installed from the
source)
I'm not quite sure of how the installation for the help is actually controlled.
My Ubuntu 12.10 system works fine in opening the help. IIRC 12.04 seemed to
work OK too.
Which version of Ubuntu are you using? Older Ubuntu versions used even older
versions Viking which have various shortcomings.
Some other things you can try:
See if the main help text is anywhere on your system(s) try on the command line:
locate viking.xml
The help is invoked is via this C call gtk_show_uri ('ghelp:viking')
I suspect the Kubuntu doesn't support the 'ghelp' mechanism without yelp and/or
other stuff installed.
Try on the command line:
yelp ghelp:viking
I note we don't check the return value of gtk_show_uri, nor the error code it
returns. So ATM it will fail silently.
I will fix this. NB There is also a small chance it doesn't use gtk_show_uri(),
but it fails silently there too.
By the way I have been working a little bit on the manual, and the latest
version has been updated on the Wiki.
http://sourceforge.net/apps/mediawiki/viking/index.php?title=Users_Manual
(Now includes a little bit about the Map Cache Scheme)
HTH.
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