[Idle-dev] [ idlefork-Bugs-660702 ] Cannot configure help file

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Bugs item #660702, was opened at 2003-01-01 10:17
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Bruce Sherwood (bsherwood)
Assigned to: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Summary: Cannot configure help file

Initial Comment:
On Windows, in the "General" section of the 
configuration settings, when I try to enter a valid URL on 
the internet (such as http://vpython.org/index.html), I'm 
told "Help path does not exist". If I enter the path to a 
local html file (such as C:\Python23\Doc\index.html), 
then click Apply, then click Ok, nothing new appears on 
the Help menu, and when I return to the configuration 
settings my entry is gone. It works properly if I click Ok 
without clicking Apply. Also, if I have valid additional 
html references and click Apply, then Ok, I lose those 
references. In summary, valid URL's cannot be entered, 
and the "Apply" button apparently erases all help entries.

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>Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-01-19 20:04

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Fixed the problems mentioned, and added a Browse
button to the Additional Help Sources / New Help
Source dialog.  Web sources can now be added.

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-01-02 00:06

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Thanks for the comments.  I'll take a look at the code
and try to clear up these issues.

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2003-01-01 21:13

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Boy does that code looks unfinished. E.g. when it pops up
the error dialog it also pops up a blank Tk root widget.

And the OK button doesn't respond to hitting Return.

It seems it *only* accepts local filenames (that explains
why it doesn't like file://... URLs).

And indeed Apply erases all additional help.

I agree with Bruce that the extra help should be in the main
Help menu.

Pointing to the local docs should be done (except if they
can't be found).

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Comment By: Bruce Sherwood (bsherwood)
Date: 2003-01-01 20:46

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I consider this feature very important. I want to be able to 
configure the help options to give quick and easy access to 
the documentation on the Visual module. Considering UI 
issues, presumably there won't be lots of these custom 
options, so I would much prefer that they appear on the help 
menu at the highest level rather than buried on a submenu. 
See my RFE on the need for a relative addressing scheme for 
getting to the Python directory. And as you say, on Windows 
the help should point to the local docs, not a URL.

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Comment By: Kurt B. Kaiser (kbk)
Date: 2003-01-01 12:20

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This section of the code may be unfinished.  How useful is the
feature?  Do you have any UI design suggestions?

file://localhost/home/kbk/lynx_bookmarks.html on Linux results in
"Help File Path Does Not Exist" (when it does)

Also, Python help contacts the mother ship even when docs are
installed locally. (Observed on Windows)

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