Re: Finding help files

[Alban Deniz <adeniz baker-research com>]

Hi Satya,

PACKAGE is set correctly.

While trying to isolate the problem by removing code, the problem disappeared.
I reduced my application so that it creates the application window with only
the help menu entry.  Now it looks in the correct directory for help
(/usr/local/share/gnome/help/<PACKAGE>/C).  I can track down the problem
now (I hope!).

I'll let you know what I find, or if I need more help.

Thanks,
Alban

> Hi ,
> Could you check the value of "PACKAGE" that you are passing
> in program_init() ( gnome_program_init(PACKAGE, VERSION )
> Make sure it has the App name correctly, else try with
> gnome_program_init("<app-name>", VERSION , ...).
> If you still have issue , you could send the sources to me and
> I can check out what is the problem.
>
> regds
> satya
>
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> Alban Deniz wrote:
>
> > Hi satya,
> >
> > It didn't make any difference, according to strace.  Gnome looks in
> > various subdirectories of /usr/local/share/gnome/help : en_US, en, and C.
> > It never checks <PACKAGE>.
> >
> > Also, I've implemented your suggestion, and now DATADIR is defined to
> > be "/usr/local/share".
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Alban
> >
> >  
> >
> > > Forgot to add certain things :(
> > > Change the program_init ( ) to
> > > program = gnome_program_init(PACKAGE, VERSION,
> > > LIBGNOMEUI_MODULE,
> > > argc, argv,
> > > GNOME_PARAM_POPT_TABLE, options,
> > > GNOME_PARAM_APP_DATADIR,DATADIR, NULL);
> > >
> > > regds
> > > satya
> > >
> > > Satyajit Kanungo wrote:
> > >
> > >    
> > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > the steps you have done are okay. Make sure the PACKAGE
> > > > name you are passing in gnome_programme_init is same as the
> > > > dir name your help files are in ( in /usr/local/share/gnome) .
> > > >
> > > > I guess your Makefile is missing the "datadir" . Add
> > > > the following line (in INCLUDES ) in your Makfile.am
> > > >
> > > > -DDATADIR=\""$(datadir)"\".
> > > >
> > > > Hope this will solve your Issue, else let me know .
> > > >
> > > > regds
> > > > Satyajit
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Alban Deniz wrote:
> > > >
> > > >      
> > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I need help configuring my application to find help files. The 
> > > > > application
> > > > > looks in "/usr/local/share/gnome/help/C" (according to strace). GTK is
> > > > > installed in "/usr/local". How can I get it to look in 
> > > > > "/usr/local/share/gnome/help/<PACKAGE>/C" ? I would appreciate any 
> > > > > pointers
> > > > > to documentation (I've looked in Havoc's book, the installed html files,
> > > > > http://developer.gnome.org/doc/tutorials/helpsys.html, and the code).
> > > > >
> > > > > I am using gnome 2.01.
> > > > >
> > > > > I initialize the program as follows:
> > > > >
> > > > > program = gnome_program_init(PACKAGE, VERSION,
> > > > > LIBGNOMEUI_MODULE,
> > > > > argc, argv,
> > > > > GNOME_PARAM_POPT_TABLE, options,
> > > > > GNOME_PROGRAM_STANDARD_PROPERTIES, NULL);
> > > > >
> > > > > topWindow = gnome_app_new(PACKAGE, _(PACKAGE_NAME));
> > > > >
> > > > > and create a help menu entry as follows:
> > > > >
> > > > > static GnomeUIInfo helpMenu [] = {
> > > > > GNOMEUIINFO_HELP(PACKAGE),
> > > > > GNOMEUIINFO_END
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > static GnomeUIInfo fullMenu [] = {
> > > > > GNOMEUIINFO_MENU_HELP_TREE(helpMenu),
> > > > > GNOMEUIINFO_END
> > > > > };
> > > > >
> > > > > gnome_app_create_menus_with_data(GNOME_APP(topWindow), fullMenu, data);
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks,
> > > > > Alban
> > > > >
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