Related topic: viewtopic.php?f=4&t=6944&start=30#p56734NormandC wrote:The thing to check is, does FreeCAD knows to look there for the Help file.
But this Assistant.cpp file is above my comprehension.
Manual where?
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Re: Manual where?
How did you get that from Report view? There is nothing showing in it when trying to access Help.
But this Assistant.cpp file is above my comprehension.
But this Assistant.cpp file is above my comprehension.
Re: Manual where?
With this I have visible help in assistant. So helpfile is installed. And when I install FreeCad I do check helpfiles too.NormandC wrote: Translated for Ubuntu users:You will have to open the Qt Assistant separately from FreeCAD to access the documentation.
- Open Qt Assistant, either from the Unity menu, or from the terminal:
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assistant- Go to Edit --> Preferences
- Switch to the "Documentation" tab
- Click on the "Add..." button
- Click on the "Filesystem" bookmark, and navigate to /usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/freecad.qch
- Click OK, close the window
- In the "Summary" left pane, there will now be "FreeCAD Documentation" listed.
Just isn't available trought F1..
Re: Manual where?
Either F1 or Help > Help
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Re: Manual where?
As I already said, we need a developer to fix this.bonny wrote:Just isn't available trought F1..
In the topic I linked, I found a more direct way to open the FreeCAD from terminal:
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assistant -collectionFile "/usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/freecad.qhc"As I said, here the Report view remains empty! This is really the FreeCAD version from the Daily Builds PPA you're using?sgrogan wrote:Either F1 or Help > Help
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.4856 (Git)
Branch: master
Hash: 3e82f69ca52e29642ec84fdc84ffc4e448d5c4d8
Python version: 2.7.6
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
Re: Manual where?
Yes just installed today's update. Same behaviour.NormandC wrote:This is really the FreeCAD version from the Daily Builds PPA you're using?
OS: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.4856 (Git)
Branch: master
Hash: 3e82f69ca52e29642ec84fdc84ffc4e448d5c4d8
Python version: 2.7.6
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
The message with self compiled from master (same version)
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Re: Manual where?
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assistant -collectionFile "/usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/freecad.qhc"Report view is blank on my computer when I hit F1 or acess from Help menu.
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OS: Ubuntu 14.04.2 LTS
Word size of OS: 64-bit
Word size of FreeCAD: 64-bit
Version: 0.16.4856 (Git)
Branch: master
Hash: 3e82f69ca52e29642ec84fdc84ffc4e448d5c4d8
Python version: 2.7.6
Qt version: 4.8.6
Coin version: 4.0.0a
OCC version: 6.8.0.oce-0.17
Re: Manual where?
I found why: go to Edit --> Preferences / General / Output window: "Record log messages" needs to be checked (enabled).bonny wrote:Report view is blank on my computer when I hit F1 or acess from Help menu.
Right now I'm trying to create a symlink of the /usr/share/doc/freecad-doc folder in /usr/lib/freecad and name it "doc", but I suck at using the terminal.
Re: Manual where?
Got it! 
As sgrogan's Report view indicated, FreeCAD is looking for the Help file in /usr/lib/freecad/doc/, a folder which does not exist; the help file is actually located in /usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/.
So the trick is to create a symbolic link of the "freecad-doc" folder, named "doc", in the /usr/lib/freecad/ folder.
With this, F1 now works.
Thanks sgrogan for putting me on the right path (pun unintended
).
The only problem now is, this symlink will probably be deleted the next time the freecad package is updated. So it is only a hack, not a real solution.
As sgrogan's Report view indicated, FreeCAD is looking for the Help file in /usr/lib/freecad/doc/, a folder which does not exist; the help file is actually located in /usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/.
So the trick is to create a symbolic link of the "freecad-doc" folder, named "doc", in the /usr/lib/freecad/ folder.
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sudo ln -s /usr/share/doc/freecad-doc/ /usr/lib/freecad/docThanks sgrogan for putting me on the right path (pun unintended
).The only problem now is, this symlink will probably be deleted the next time the freecad package is updated. So it is only a hack, not a real solution.
Re: Manual where?
..with symbolic link work here too.
Thanks...
Thanks...
Re: Manual where?
Just to say that the symlink is persistent, it is not deleted when the freecad package is updated.NormandC wrote:The only problem now is, this symlink will probably be deleted the next time the freecad package is updated. So it is only a hack, not a real solution.