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Bug 581200 - F1 shows error instead of manual
F1 shows error instead of manual
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gnote
Classification: Applications
Component: main
0.3.x
Other All
: Normal minor
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Assigned To: gnote-maint
gnote-maint
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-05-03 18:00 UTC by Sam Geeraerts
Modified: 2009-05-04 23:06 UTC
See Also:
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Description Sam Geeraerts 2009-05-03 18:00:20 UTC 
Please describe the problem:
When I press the F1 button with an open Gnote window (note) the manual is not shown.

Steps to reproduce:
1. Start Gnote
2. Click on the taskbar icon and click on a note to open it
3. Press F1


Actual results:
the Help Browser window opens (empty) with a popup dialog saying:

Unable to load page
The requested URI "ghelp:gnote.xmlediting-notes" is invalid

Expected results:
The same as when I rightclick the taskbar icon and click on Help: no error message and the proper manual is shown.

Does this happen every time?
It happened the three times I tried it after first starting Gnote. Then I booted my machine again, restarted Gnote and it still happens.

Other information:
I'm using the package from gNewSense-mips-l http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/Lemote#toc15
Comment 1 Robert Millan 2009-05-03 18:29:57 UTC 
(In reply to comment #0)
> Unable to load page
> The requested URI "ghelp:gnote.xmlediting-notes" is invalid
> 
> Expected results:
> The same as when I rightclick the taskbar icon and click on Help: no error
> message and the proper manual is shown.
> 
> Does this happen every time?
> It happened the three times I tried it after first starting Gnote. Then I
> booted my machine again, restarted Gnote and it still happens.
> 
> Other information:
> I'm using the package from gNewSense-mips-l
> http://wiki.gnewsense.org/Projects/Lemote#toc15

Hi,

The Gnote package included in gNewSense / mipsel-l is linked against gtk+ 2.12, and therefore uses xdg-open for displaying help.  The following works here:

  xdg-open ghelp:gnote

but this one doesn't:

  xdg-open ghelp:gnote.xmlediting-notes

I'm not sure if this problem is related to the xdg-open approach, or to that specific URI.
Comment 2 Hubert Figuiere (:hub) 2009-05-04 03:03:40 UTC 
I'd file the bug against xdg-open, or upgrade to gtk 2.14 and rebuild gnote unconditionaly for it.
Comment 3 Hubert Figuiere (:hub) 2009-05-04 23:06:05 UTC 
fixed in master. There was a real bug in this specific context.