GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 675784
Broken path of local user manual in GIMP help-browser
Last modified: 2012-09-05 17:55:36 UTC
The built-in GIMP help-browser does not work with a locally installed copy of the documentation on Windows because of an error in file path construction: The drive specification is repeated. Expected path to user manual: "C:\..." Actual path to user manual: "C:\C:\..." This can be observed by using Filemon from Sysinternals. (Accessing the online help doesn’t work either when you are behind a proxy, but that's another bug.) Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to specify the documentation base path in any of the rc files, thus there is no workaround. The documentation is recognized as being locally installed in the preferences.
*** Bug 675562 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I confirm this bug using the windows version of gimp 2.8 and local help file. Note : I was using the setup "gimp-help-2-2.6.0-fr-setup.exe" to install, as there is no 2.8 version this package. I used "ProcessMonitor" from sysinternals (replace filemon) with 2 filters : - process name contain "help-browser" - path contain "index" As reported by will69, the path to user manual is : C:\C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\help\fr\index.html The expected path is : C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\help\fr\index.html Using gimp 2.6.12, it's working, using default web-browser. In 2.8, if local help is not installed, the help menu allow you to use online help which is working but requires an Internet connexion.
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This needs a windows developer who figures where exactly the additional C:\ gets added. It's only a matter of adding some debug prints.
I confirm this bug using GIMP 2.8 and the english 2.6 help file.
*** Bug 678118 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
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(In reply to comment #0) > The built-in GIMP help-browser does not work with a locally installed copy of > the documentation on Windows because of an error in file path construction: The > drive specification is repeated. > > Expected path to user manual: "C:\..." > Actual path to user manual: "C:\C:\..." > > This can be observed by using Filemon from Sysinternals. > > (Accessing the online help doesn’t work either when you are behind a proxy, but > that's another bug.) > > Unfortunately, there doesn’t seem to be a way to specify the documentation base > path in any of the rc files, thus there is no workaround. > > The documentation is recognized as being locally installed in the preferences. I don't understand how it has been described of normal priority and normal importance given that the whole help is completely unavailable.
(In reply to comment #9) > I don't understand how it has been described of normal priority and normal > importance given that the whole help is completely unavailable. Most users can use help by switching to the online version under Preferences/Help System. This bug only affects users that: - are exclusively using Microsoft Windows and - (1) are using a Microsoft Proxy with Microsoft authentication protocols or - (2) are working offline i.e. enterprise users at work. Depending on your situation you may be able to - use Linux/Mac OS or - eliminate proxy authentication for host "docs.gimp.org" as a workaround.
This has somehow been fixed by updating the webkitgtk library, so the problem might have been in it.
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