Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2012 17:48:11 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <kob6558@gmail.com> To: "Jody B. Caldwell" <jody@calinx.com> Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem / Fix with yelp 2.30.2_1 on FreeBSD 9.0 with Gnome Desktop 2.32.1 Message-ID: <CAN6yY1syhoL7LY14N5t16b%2B0HHWSr057hpoDMqPv-cR3xDT65g@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1335511508.50990.14.camel@ribsy.private.calinx.com>
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On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Jody B. Caldwell <jody@calinx.com> wrote: > 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. Oops. Sorry about tat empty message. Jody, Thanks! I had been wanting to look into this, but just had not gotten to it. Your patch makes it work again. Could you open a PR so it can be put into the port? (If you would rather not,let me know and I will do it, but you deserve the credit.) -- R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer E-mail: kob6558@gmail.comhelp
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