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problem with the Help link "getting started in kicad"

 

I confirm this problem.

Alexander.


01 марта 2012, 15:13 от Fabrizio Tappero <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Hello,
> I confirm that I still experience this problem which is here:
> 
> mst.kicad/common/basicframe.cpp
> 338:        // Search for "getting_started_in_kicad.pdf" or
> "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf"
> 343:        {   // Try to find "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf"
> 344:            wxGetApp().GetHelpFileName() = wxT(
> "Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf" );
> 
> Can somebody maybe suggest a solution or tell me if it is a problem
> with my system.
> 
> Cheers
> Fabrizio
> 
> On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 2:59 PM, Fabrizio Tappero
> <fabrizio.tappero@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > jean-pierre,
> >
> > hum... in my fresh dev. build of the kicad-doc folder taken 30 min ago
> > from here:
> >
> > bzr branch lp:~kicad-developers/kicad/doc
> >
> > if I compile and install, I get (among other stuff) the following pdfs:
> >
> > 1) /usr/local/share/doc/kicad/en/KiCad_Tutorial 2011.pdf
> > 2) /usr/local/share/doc/kicad/help/en/Getting_Started_in_KiCad.pdf
> >
> > when I start kicad (also taken and compiled today) and I go Help -
> > Getting started in KiCad I get the following error:
> >
> > Help file getting_started_in_kicad.pdf could not be found
> >
> > Maybe:
> > the tutorial 2) should be renamed getting_started_in_kicad.pdf and
> > also the file 2) should maybe deleted since several months ago when I
> > make getting_started_in_kicad.pdf I made it based on 1)
> >
> > I hope this will help to fix a possible problem.
> > Cheers
> > Fabrizio
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 27, 2012 at 11:15 AM, jp.charras <jp.charras@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> Le 27/02/2012 10:54, Fabrizio Tappero a écrit :
> >>
> >>> Hello,
> >>> it seems to me that the link help- getting started in kicad is broken
> >>> for all kicad programs. It should link to a short pdf tutorials and it
> >>> should work for all kicad programs.
> >>>
> >>> can anybody confirm that?
> >>>
> >>> cheers
> >>> Fabrizio
> >>
> >>
> >> I recently fixed this issue.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Jean-Pierre CHARRAS
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