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Bug 347102 - inform user about 'gnucash-docs' package when Help is selected with no content
inform user about 'gnucash-docs' package when Help is selected with no content
Status: VERIFIED FIXED
Product: GnuCash
Classification: Other
Component: Documentation
git-master
Other Linux
: Normal normal
: ---
Assigned To: Chris Lyttle
Chris Lyttle
Depends on:
Blocks: 347575
 
 
Reported: 2006-07-10 15:09 UTC by Josh Sled
Modified: 2018-06-29 21:09 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
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Description Josh Sled 2006-07-10 15:09:29 UTC 
If the user hasn't installed 'gnucash-docs', then they click on the help link in the menu, nothing happens.  We should detect the error and say "you need to install gnucash-docs", or maybe install stub documentation that says as much.
Comment 1 Andreas Köhler 2006-10-02 16:54:07 UTC 
What about

--- gnc-gnome-utils.c	(revision 670)
+++ gnc-gnome-utils.c	(local)
@@ -242,6 +242,11 @@
     return;
 
   g_assert(error != NULL);
+  {
+    const gchar *message = _("Could not open show help. "
+                             "Please install the 'gnucash-docs' package.");
+    gnc_error_dialog(NULL, message);
+  }
   PERR ("%s", error->message);
   g_error_free(error);
 }

Input on wording needed desperately :)
Comment 2 Christian Stimming 2006-10-30 16:17:22 UTC 
Maybe "The help documents could not be found. Please install the 'gnucash-docs' package." or "Could not open the files for the help documentation. Please..."
Comment 3 Andreas Köhler 2006-11-03 19:52:38 UTC 
Fixed in r15081.
Used wording as result of a poll in IRC:
GnuCash could not find the files for the help documentation.  This is likely because the 'gnucash-docs' package is not installed.
Comment 4 Derek Atkins 2006-11-24 20:03:24 UTC 
Backported to 2.0 as r15104 by Andreas.
Comment 5 John Ralls 2018-06-29 21:09:13 UTC 
GnuCash bug tracking has moved to a new Bugzilla host. This bug has been copied to https://bugs.gnucash.org/show_bug.cgi?id=347102. Please update any external references or bookmarks.