Hi Friedrich

2016-05-25 8:10 GMT+02:00 Friedrich Beckmann <[email protected]>:

> Hi Harry,
>
> thanks for testing the two patches on windows!
>
> The help function is trying the following steps
>
> a) starting help via yelp -> this will not work in windows
> b) Opening a local html file -> Depends on the existencs of a local
> pspp.html directory in the doc path
>    I guess you have the local html installed somewhere
>    <yourpsppinstall>/share/doc/pspp/pspp.html/index.html for the start page
> c) Open the help via the gnu pspp internet site
>
> You could help me debugging this with
>
> Could you tell me the path of the pspp.html directory where you have the
> local html files?
>

I changed my procedure and copied the file pspp.html from Ben's daily
tarball builds to  <yourpsppinstall>/share/doc/pspp/pspp.html

>
> Could you try if
>
> start file:///<yourlocalpath>/share/doc/pspp/pspp.html/index.html
>

I have just 1 file copied from Bens daily builds.

"<yourlocalpath>/share/doc/pspp/pspp.html"

works for me in a command shell. Even with a space in the file name.
Surprisingly  / or \ works both. ?????

will open a browser with the help page? Could you send me the exact syntax?
> Maybe with quotes? Maybe with spaces replaced by %20? I agree
> that your guess with „Program Files“ indicates the problem.
>

With quotes and spaces but without start.

>
> Could you move or delete the pspp.html directory and test if psppire can
> reach the internet help? I think there are no spaces in the url. It will
> try
>
> start http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/index.html


In a command shell exact this line works INCLUDING start. But when started
from the help page in pspp it is not shown.


> Does this work on windows?
>
> Friedrich
>

It might be easier if I apply the patches and run a test. More info can be
displayed to figure out how MSWindows handles this. So we can figure out
how to handle this.

Have fun
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