Adding a manual chm of freebasic 1.09 is not opening

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

i add a freebasic manual but it does not open when i choose it from menu

the path i added is

/home/user/Documents/DEVELOPMENT/FreeBasic/FB-manual-1.09.0.chm

[許永寬]

Linux version is depend on CHMVIEW ( https://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?p=286030&hilit=CHMVIEW#p286030 ), it need libwebkitgtk-1.0.so or libwebkitgtk-3.0.so installed.

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

i use ubuntu 22.04.01 and i use xchm with libchm1.

i have /usr/lib/libchm.so.1

i can open with xchm chm files but not from poseidon

[許永寬]

The poseidonFB AppImage pack VANYA’s CHMVIEW app (GTK2 version)( https://www.freebasic.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=29628 )

But the CHMVIEW is need libwebkitgtk-1.0 had been installed:

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[許永寬]

At rev.501 can set CHM App Path in ‘Preference', we can set xchm to view.

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

i set HTML App Path as /usr/bin/xchm but it does not work

[許永寬]

Make sure that 'Search Help Manual’had been checked.

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[Demosthenes Koptsis]

i checked “Search Help Manual” but still not showing the help chm with xchm…

[許永寬]

Finally I think I got the point, I lost modify the code about menu item, I’ll fix it

At rev.501, try to move the text cursor on freeBASIC keyword, press F1 then see what happen…

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

yes with F1 it works.

from menu it does not work…

[Fabio Moura de Oliveira]

On my computer, I have more of viewer of the chm file, i configure the one and after the other, both works correctly.

At revision .520, on linux, I tested, I set to viewers ‘xchm’ and after ‘KchmViewer’, both, works correctly.

On poseidonfb, firstly, I set the viewer, xchm, works correctly. After, I set to other viewer, KchmViewer.

F1 works and menu of manual, works.

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[Demosthenes Koptsis]

Now i am on Debian 13 Trixie (testing)

I choose Options->Manual, i press folder button for browse chm file but no file dialog pop up

Poseidon v0.520 AppImage

[Fabio Moura de Oliveira]

Hi, Firstly, You need click on button '+', for create a name for the manual, on next, the button for manual path will works.

This happened to me, too, after I discovered that I should click on the '+' sign, first, and then select the path of the documentation file. The behavior, which I think is that, the text box and the buttons should be visually disabled, so that the user realizes that he should click on the '+' sign, before trying to locate the documentation file.

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[Fabio Moura de Oliveira]

If you notice, if you already have some manual, inserted, you will realize, that you will not be able to enter a second manual, without first clicking on the '+' sign. If you do not have any manual installed, you will notice that the text box and the button to locate the file is enabled, however, you can not access the folder, however, you can enter the path of the file in the text box, however, if you click the button, ok, when returning, no manual will be installed, because the name of the manual was not entered.

[Demosthenes Koptsis]

ok, you are right..

i tested poseidon v0.520 on Debian 13 with xchm all works fine…!

you can close this issue

[Fabio Moura de Oliveira]

I don't have permission to close this issue, I am, simply, a user of poseidonfb.

@許永寬 It seems that this problem is solved. Although, I think that when there is no manual, the text box, where the path of the documentation file is inserted and the button for navigation should be visually disabled, only after the user clicks on the '+' sign, the text box and the button should be activated.

[許永寬]

It’s good idea, let me check how to do it~