Problem / Fix with yelp 2.30.2_1 on FreeBSD 9.0 with Gnome Desktop 2.32.1

[Kevin Oberman]

On Fri, Apr 27, 2012 at 12:25 AM, Jody B. Caldwell <jody at calinx.com> wrote:
> Dir sir or madam,
>
> I am running Gnome version 2.32.1 under FreeBSD 9.0:
>
>> uname -a
> 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
>>
>
>
> I was experiencing a problem where clicking on 'help/contents' in almost
> any application would not work and produced an error;
>
>   'Unable to display help for xxxx the specified location is not
> supported'
>
>
> I was finally able to fix this problem with information I found at a
> Linux forum:
> http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=90&t=77196
>
>
> Based on that information, I Created the following patch file:
>
> --- /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]=\xe9\xa1\xaf\xe7\xa4\xba GNOME \xe8\xaa\xaa\xe6\x98\x8e
> \xe6\x96\x87\xe4\xbb\xb6
>  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;
>
>
> I then activate the changes with the following commands:
>
>    update-desktop-database -q
>    update-mime-database /usr/local/share/mime
>
> This fixed the problem for me.  Help now works from within the
> applications.
>
> I hope this information will be helpful to you in providing a fix for
> all users of this software.
>
> Jody B Caldwell
>
>
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R. Kevin Oberman, Network Engineer
E-mail: kob6558 at gmail.com