[Lazarus] Ok I give up!

[appjaws]

On 04/03/13 18:20, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> On 4-3-2013 16:54, appjaws wrote:
>> On 04/03/13 11:28, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>>> On 4-3-2013 12:21, appjaws wrote:
>>>> On 02/03/13 17:21, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
>>>>> On 2-3-2013 17:41, appjaws wrote:
>>>>>> Any ideas on the built in help, I'm using linux with lazarus 1.0.6 and
>>>>>> fpc 2.6.0
<snip>
>> /usr/share/lazarus/1.06  is where the components docs etc are installed.
> I hope you mean this is the directory where Lazarus is installed (where
> the lazarus and startlazarus executables are)

Yes that is correct.

<snip>

>> HelpEXE :- /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/components/chmhelp/lhelp/lhelp
> That looks good.
>
>> HelpFilesPath :- /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/
> That looks good. Do you have
> fcl.chm  lazutils.chm  lcl.chm  prog.chm  ref.chm  rtl.chm  toc.chm
> user.chm in there?

Yes all correct.

<snip>
>> As far as I can tell everything seems to be in the correct place and
>> referenced correctly.
> I don't know. You haven't told us your tools/options/help/help options
> settings. Following the instructions in the wiki (with everything in the
> ....chm directory mentioned above), CHM Help Viewer's HelpFilesPath
> should be empty.
> Likewise the various Help Databases settings should be unchanged from a
> default install (mostly empty).
>
> Hope with this you can get it going!
Viewers section
HTML Browser
	AutoRegister := False
	BrowserParms := %s
	BrowserPath := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0

CHM Help Viewer
	HelpExe := /usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/components/chmhelp/lhelp/lhelp
	HelpExeParm := ''
	HelpFilePath := ''
	HelpLabel := lazhelp
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
Databases section
StartPage
	AutoRegister := False
	BaseURL := ''
	KeywordPrefix := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
RTLUnits
	AutoRegister := False
	BaseURL := ''
	KeywordPrefix := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
FCLUnits
	AutoRegister := False
	BaseURL := ''
	KeywordPrefix := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
FreePascal Compiler messages
	AdditionsFile := ''
	AutoRegister := False
	BaseURL := ''
	FPCTranslationFile := ''
	KeywordPrefix := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
FPC Language Reference
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
LCL - Lazarus Component Librart
	AutoRegister := False
	BaseURL := ''
	KeywordPrefix := ''
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
FreePascal Compiler directives
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0
External Help
	Name := ''
	Tag := 0

Well it still does not work, I thought it might be a permissions problem 
because /home/paul/,config/lhelp had permissions set to root, but even 
running lazarus as root didn't solve the problem, F1 will not work.

This is /home/paul/,config/lhelp/ihelp-.conf

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<CONFIG>
   <Position>
     <Left Value="261"/>
     <Top Value="244"/>
     <Width Value="758"/>
     <Height Value="535"/>
   </Position>
   <LastFileOpen Value="/usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/user.chm"/>
   <Recent>
     <ItemCount Value="5"/>
     <Item0 Value="file:///usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/user.chm"/>
     <Item1 Value="file:///usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/toc.chm"/>
     <Item2 Value="file:///usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/rtl.chm"/>
     <Item3 Value="file:///usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/ref.chm"/>
     <Item4 Value="file:///usr/share/lazarus/1.0.6/docs/chm/lcl.chm"/>
   </Recent>
   <TChmContentProvider>
     <TabControlWidth Value="227"/>
   </TChmContentProvider>
</CONFIG>


Is F1 the only way to access the integrated help?

Why is this so difficult?
Why isn't it automatically installed when Lazarus is installed?

Any other ideas?
regards
frustrated Paul

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