[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 899 bytes --] Hi, I'm using GuixSD v0.10.0 with GNOME. I've noticed that "help" does not work. Specifically, I've observed the following: * Pressing F1 in any application does not work. Sometimes (e.g., in the GNOME terminal) you get an error message saying something like "There was an error displaying help / Operation not supported". Sometimes (e.g., in icecat) nothing at all happens. * If you run the "Help" application (you can find it in the dashboard under "Show Applications"), you get an error: Document Not Found The URI ‘help:gnome-help/index’ does not point to a valid page. Search for packages containing this document. I know that GNOME documentation is available on the Internet, but it would be nice if the built-in GNOME worked, too. What do we need to do to make it work? How can I investigate further why it is not working? -- Chris [-- Attachment #2: signature.asc --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 818 bytes --]
[-- Attachment #1: Type: text/plain, Size: 1292 bytes --] On Sat, 02 Apr 2016 14:19:17 -0700 Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using GuixSD v0.10.0 with GNOME. I've noticed that "help" does not > work. Specifically, I've observed the following: > > * Pressing F1 in any application does not work. Sometimes (e.g., in the > GNOME terminal) you get an error message saying something like "There > was an error displaying help / Operation not supported". Sometimes > (e.g., in icecat) nothing at all happens. > > * If you run the "Help" application (you can find it in the dashboard > under "Show Applications"), you get an error: > > Document Not Found > The URI ‘help:gnome-help/index’ does not point to a valid page. > Search for packages containing this document. > > I know that GNOME documentation is available on the Internet, but it > would be nice if the built-in GNOME worked, too. What do we need to do > to make it work? How can I investigate further why it is not working? > shot in the dark because I don't use gnome: is yelp installed? -- Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il> אפרים פלשנר GPG key = A28B F40C 3E55 1372 662D 14F7 41AA E7DC CA3D 8351 Confidentiality cannot be guaranteed on emails sent or received unencrypted [-- Attachment #2: OpenPGP digital signature --] [-- Type: application/pgp-signature, Size: 819 bytes --]
Chris Marusich <cmmarusich@gmail.com> writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm using GuixSD v0.10.0 with GNOME. I've noticed that "help" does not
> work. Specifically, I've observed the following:
>
> * Pressing F1 in any application does not work. Sometimes (e.g., in the
> GNOME terminal) you get an error message saying something like "There
> was an error displaying help / Operation not supported". Sometimes
> (e.g., in icecat) nothing at all happens.
>
> * If you run the "Help" application (you can find it in the dashboard
> under "Show Applications"), you get an error:
>
> Document Not Found
> The URI ‘help:gnome-help/index’ does not point to a valid page.
> Search for packages containing this document.
>
> I know that GNOME documentation is available on the Internet, but it
> would be nice if the built-in GNOME worked, too. What do we need to do
> to make it work? How can I investigate further why it is not working?
With the ‘xdg-desktop-database’ hook in commit 842cb820, it should
work now.
fixed in commit de477809d773.