Hi I solved this. I installed gspawn-win32-helper instead of gspawn-win32-helper-console :-(
Have fun 2016-08-19 19:58 GMT+02:00 Harry Thijssen <[email protected]>: > Hi Friedrich > > Some older post. > > I am afraid I didn't test the > === > else > http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/index.html > === > At least I can't find anything about it and this doesn't work on MSwindows > if the pspp.html directory and the html files are not generated. Not a big > deal as I include the html files, but it would be nice if this worked too. > > Have fun > > > > 2016-05-26 13:27 GMT+02:00 Friedrich Beckmann <[email protected]>: > >> Hi Harry, >> >> i did some research regarding the start of the default html browser on >> windows via >> „start“. I have commited a new patch >> >> http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/pspp.git/commit/?id=970c24c >> c433e6d87cb3c502b2d2bdce6775a3d3e >> >> which hopefully works on windows also. >> >> The help system will look for help resources with the following >> priorities: >> >> First: The yelp system, then >> If the directory <docpath>/pspp.html exists >> Try the local html help files via <docpath>/pspp.html/<helppage> >> .html, >> else >> http://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/manual/html_node/index.html >> >> To install the local html help pages (not the single page version), you >> have to run >> >> make html >> make install-html >> >> This will produce <psppinstallt>/share/doc/pspp/pspp.html/index.html and >> other html >> files in that directory. (Hopefully on windows also with suffix .html …) >> >> Friedrich >> >> Am 25.05.2016 um 14:31 schrieb Harry Thijssen <[email protected]>: >> >> 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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