Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 03:25:08 -0400 From: "Jody B. Caldwell" <jody@calinx.com> To: gnome@FreeBSD.org Subject: Problem / Fix with yelp 2.30.2_1 on FreeBSD 9.0 with Gnome Desktop 2.32.1 Message-ID: <1335511508.50990.14.camel@ribsy.private.calinx.com>
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Dir sir or madam, I am running Gnome version 2.32.1 under FreeBSD 9.0: > uname -a FreeBSD ribsy.private.calinx.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 root@obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386 > I was experiencing a problem where clicking on 'help/contents' in almost any application would not work and produced an error; 'Unable to display help for xxxx the specified location is not supported' I was finally able to fix this problem with information I found at a Linux forum: http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=77196 Based on that information, I Created the following patch file: --- /usr/local/share/applications/yelp.desktop 2012-04-27 02:05:35.000000000 -0400 +++ yelp.desktop-20120427 2012-04-27 02:34:44.000000000 -0400 @@ -195,13 +195,14 @@ Comment[zh_TW]=\xe9\xa1\xaf\xe7\xa4\xba GNOME \xe8\xaa\xaa\xe6\x98\x8e \xe6\x96\x87\xe4\xbb\xb6 Comment[zu]=Thola usizo nge GNOME OnlyShowIn=GNOME; -Exec=yelp +Exec=yelp %u Icon=help-browser StartupNotify=true Terminal=false Type=Application -Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation; +Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation;Utility; X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=Yelp X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general -X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.30.2 +X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.0.0 +MimeType=x-scheme-handler/ghelp;x-scheme-handler/help;x-scheme-handler/info;x-scheme-handler/man; I then activate the changes with the following commands: update-desktop-database -q update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime This fixed the problem for me. Help now works from within the applications. I hope this information will be helpful to you in providing a fix for all users of this software. Jody B Caldwell
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