[Lazarus] SVN2 still stuck on r25998

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Hi Mattias and all,

> Date: Tue, 01 Jun 2010 23:10:07 +1000
> From: Peter E Williams <foss.game.pascal.developer at iinet.net.au>
> Subject: Re: [Lazarus] The default local HTML Help path is blank --
>         what should it be?
> Mattias Gaertner nc-gaertnma at netcologne.de 
> Sun May 23 09:49:42 CEST 2010 
> 
> ________________________________________________________________________
> On Sun, 23 May 2010 09:25:55 +1000
> Peter E Williams <foss.game.pascal.developer at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> 
> > Hi All,
> > 
> > I asked this question in my previous post but in hindsight I should
> have
> > posted it as a separate question. 
> > 
> > > Selecting Help from the message window gives this error. The path
> to
> > > the Help Help was blank even tho' it has apparently been
> installed.
> I
> > > don't know where to set the path to (default location). I tried
> the
> > > online help but got lost :-(((
> > > 
> > > Help not found
> > > No help found for "main_island.pas(270,41) Error: Incompatible
> type
> > > for arg no.
> > > 1: Got "TranslateString", expected "QWord""
> > > [Cancel]
> 
> > The help for fpc messages is not installed. They are tricky.
> 
> Okay Mattias and all, I have just two days ago got my Linux Ubuntu
> 10.04
> LTS system stable with all the updates and latest Lazarus.
> 
> Tested it with a blank project and it works great !!! :-)))
> 
> How do I install the help for fpc. What is the trick???

The only reply I ever got was Mattias telling me that it is tricky and
pointing me to 6 dozen documents on the website.

> > I printed out Lazarus IDE Tools (16 pages) and Lazarus Tutorial (16
> > pages) but I cannot find it.
> 

I did go to the documentation part of the site but could not find the
appropriate document to read.

> > Can I please suggest that when a user right clicks to open the
> context
> > menu that a menu option 'Look up Help' be added (defaulting to local
> > help if present, then internet help if not)

This is a good suggestion!!! Please investigate if it can be done.

> > 
> > >Mattias
> > 
> > Peter
> > 
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