ports/167386: [patch] yelp-2.30.2_1 - 'help/contents' doesn't work in gnome applications/games
Jody Caldwell
jody at calinx.com
Sat Apr 28 10:10:12 UTC 2012
>Number: 167386
>Category: ports
>Synopsis: [patch] yelp-2.30.2_1 - 'help/contents' doesn't work in gnome applications/games
>Confidential: no
>Severity: non-critical
>Priority: medium
>Responsible: freebsd-ports-bugs
>State: open
>Quarter:
>Keywords:
>Date-Required:
>Class: update
>Submitter-Id: current-users
>Arrival-Date: Sat Apr 28 10:10:11 UTC 2012
>Closed-Date:
>Last-Modified:
>Originator: Jody Caldwell
>Release: 9.0-RELEASE
>Organization:
Caldwell Internet Express
>Environment:
FreeBSD ribsy.private.calinx.com 9.0-RELEASE FreeBSD 9.0-RELEASE #0: Tue Jan 3 07:15:25 UTC 2012 root at obrian.cse.buffalo.edu:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC i386
>Description:
>From the Gnome (2.32.1) desktop, Clicking on 'help/contents' in any game or application does not work and results in the error message "Could not display help: The specified location is not supported"
When 'yelp' is invoked from the command line, it works OK.
>How-To-Repeat:
>From the Gnome desktop click on Applications/Games/(any game). When the game opens, click on 'help/contents'
>Fix:
The following fix was adapted from instructions found on a linux forum at:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=77196
apply the attached patch file as shown below:
>Release-Note:
>Audit-Trail:
>Unformatted:
>patch /usr/local/share/applications/yelp.desktop yelp.desktop-20120427.patch.txt
Activate the changes:
>update-desktop-database -q
>update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime
Patch attached with submission follows:
--- /usr/local/share/applications/yelp.desktop 2012-04-27 02:05:35.000000000 -0400
+++ yelp.desktop-20120427 2012-04-27 02:34:44.000000000 -0400
@@ -195,13 +195,14 @@
Comment[zh_TW]=顯示 GNOME 說ææä»¶
Comment[zu]=Thola usizo nge GNOME
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;
-Exec=yelp
+Exec=yelp %u
Icon=help-browser
StartupNotify=true
Terminal=false
Type=Application
-Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation;
+Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;Documentation;Utility;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=Yelp
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
-X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=2.30.2
+X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.0.0
+MimeType=x-scheme-handler/ghelp;x-scheme-handler/help;x-scheme-handler/info;x-scheme-handler/man;
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