Help System

[ivan17]

i think it should work without setting the location in options dialog. did you even try to copy 3 chms where i told you and hit f1 on something in object inspector/source editor?

[TurboRascal]

@ivan17: I already said I've tried putting CHMs to both that an the other location I mentioned... I've asked this because any of that (including your later proposal) didn't work.

Did you even try to read my original post? 

[typo]

1) Compile chmhelp component project.
2) Copy chm help files to docs/html directory
3) Set the appropriate path on the Environment dialog.

[TurboRascal]

1) Compile chmhelp component project.
2) Copy chm help files to docs/html directory
3) Set the appropriate path on the Environment dialog.

First two points I alredy did before, but where do I put the path? In the FP Docs path field? I did that too but to no avail...

[typo]

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[TurboRascal]

Thanks @Typo, now I get it a bit better
The corresponding path on Linux is "/usr/lib/lazarus/0.9.28.2/components/chmhelp/lhelp"
However, I am missing the "CHM Help Viewer" entry in "Viewers", even though I compiled lhelp project. Do I need a newer version for that? This one (stable) does have lhelp under components though...

[typo]

Maybe Lazarus has put this path by itself, I did not put it there.

[TurboRascal]

I've solved my last question, I needed to manually install the IDE package for the chm help, something which I didn't notice anywhere in the instructions... Then I had to point the "CHM Help Viewer / EXE" to the lhelp binary and it finally launches lhelp. I didn't get the actual help though, but I guess it will be solved by setting chm file paths correctly...

EDIT: @Typo, could you please also tell me your HelpFilesPath under "CHM Help Viewer", and a BaseURL of one of the Databases. And where exactly are your chm files located? Thanks for your help!

[typo]

could you please also tell me your HelpFilesPath under "CHM Help Viewer", and a BaseURL of one of the Databases

There is nothing there.

[DirkS]

could you please also tell me your HelpFilesPath under "CHM Help Viewer", and a BaseURL of one of the Databases. And where exactly are your chm files located?

I followed the instructions in the readme file in components/chmhelp and it works for me.

    HelpFilesPath:
    This is the directory that contains the lcl.chm fcl.chm and rtl.chm files.

    RTLUnits:
    this should be "rtl.chm://"
    FCLUnits:
    this should be "fcl.chm://"
    LCLUnits:
    this should be "lcl.chm://"

Gr.
Dirk.

[TurboRascal]

Uh so there is a Readme with instructions there? 
I wasn't aware of that, thanks Dirk!

Now it finally opens lhelp when I press F1, however I get an Access Violation
I'll doublecheck that this works properly in Windows version, then try to figure out what's wrong here...

[dkjMusic]

In Linux, what should be in Start Page/Base URL?