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Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

** Changed in: yelp (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Confirmed

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Title:
  yelp should specify which Ubuntu packages provide missing help topics

Status in yelp package in Ubuntu:
  Confirmed

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: yelp

  Currently, clicking a link on the Yelp main page to a help topic that
  is missing due to the appropriate -docs package (e.g. ubuntu-docs) not
  being installed brings up a message box with a confusing and technical
  error message, like:

  Unable to load page
  The requested URI "ghelp:internet#connecting" is invalid

  It would be nice if, instead, it said something like, "The requested
  page is provided by the package [blah], which is not installed. To
  install it, [blah blah blah]" followed (after two newlines) by
  expandable text of the technical error message.

  This feature request is not high priority, since nontechnical users
  are unlikely to have Yelp installed but not have the -docs package
  installed for their Ubuntu flavor. However, this could be much more
  useful than simply providing information about why links on the main
  page don't work, in the rare situations where they don't. Executing a
  command in a terminal which is provided by an non-installed package
  causes a message to be printed telling the user what package provides
  the command, and how to install it; it would be neat if Yelp provided
  similar information about any unavailable help topics to which the
  user attempts to navigate.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
  Package: yelp 2.30.2-0ubuntu1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 2.6.37-11.25-generic 2.6.37-rc7
  Uname: Linux 2.6.37-11-generic i686
  Architecture: i386
  Date: Wed Dec 29 16:29:04 2010
  ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/yelp
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Alpha i386 (20101202)
  ProcEnviron:
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   LC_MESSAGES=en_US.utf8
   LANG=en_US.UTF-8
  SourcePackage: yelp

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