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[Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx>]

Ahh, yeah, I can see that now, it searches for 'kicad' rather than 'pcbnew'.

2014-09-09 17:06 GMT+02:00 Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>:
> Nick,
> Exactly, the module editor relate to pcbnew, not the kicad project manager. I would expect the help to load the pcbnew help file, not the kicad overview help file.
>
> So it is a bug, as Kicad overview does not help to create or edit a module. it is worthless in that context. The help menu said “PCBnew Manual”, but what is loaded is “Kicad overview"
>
> Jean-Paul
> AC9GH
>
> On Sep 9, 2014, at 1:31 AM, Nick Østergaard <oe.nick@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>> I guess that is not a bug per se, since it is documented in the pcbnew
>> documentation, and the module editor was "just" a dialog in pcbnew. I
>> am not sure if one should seperate the documentation out for this. I
>> have not really thought about it, but I will let the people involved
>> in the doc writing decide that. I will be glad to hear other opinions.
>>
>> 2014-09-09 2:51 GMT+02:00 Jean-Paul Louis <louijp@xxxxxxxxx>:
>>> Application: kicad
>>> Version: (2014-09-08 BZR 5123)-product Release build
>>> wxWidgets: Version 3.0.0 (debug,UTF-8,compiler with C++ ABI 1002,GCC 4.2.1,wx containers,compatible with 2.8)
>>> Platform: Mac OS X (Darwin 13.3.0 x86_64), 64 bit, Little endian, wxMac
>>> Boost version: 1.54.0
>>>         USE_WX_GRAPHICS_CONTEXT=OFF
>>>         USE_WX_OVERLAY=ON
>>>         KICAD_SCRIPTING=OFF
>>>         KICAD_SCRIPTING_MODULES=OFF
>>>         KICAD_SCRIPTING_WXPYTHON=OFF
>>>         USE_FP_LIB_TABLE=HARD_CODED_ON
>>>         BUILD_GITHUB_PLUGIN=ON
>>>
>>> Issue with the Help menu in the PCB Module Editor.
>>> When the PCB Module Editor is loaded, I would expect the help file to be the file about pcbnew. Instead, the file loading is the Kicad help file.
>>>
>>> I do not know if the issue is general or OS X specific.
>>>
>>> Jean-Paul
>>> AC9GH
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