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[Wayne Stambaugh <stambaughw@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 12/8/2014 2:43 PM, Milan Horák wrote:
> Hi gentlemen,
> 
> can I find out where the executable looks for help and manual files?
> They are normally located in C:\Kicad\doc\help directory, but the
> executable apparently looks somewhere else for them.
> 
> Does any of you know the right location for these files?
> 
> Thak you, Milan
> 
> 
> -------- Přeposlaná zpráva --------
> Předmět: Kicad bazaar snapshots
> Datum: Mon, 08 Dec 2014 00:11:10 +0100
> Od: Zoran YU1EW <zoran.yu1ew@xxxxxxxxx>
> Komu: stranger@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Hi Milan,
> 
> I just installed Kicad BZR 5312 under Windows 8.1. Have a problem
> viewing help files using Kicad help menu. PDF help files are located in
> C:\Kicad\doc\help. Pop up message is that Kicad html or pdf file could
> not be found. Where those files must be installed exactly?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Zoran
> 

All of the kicad apps look in either ../doc/help or
../share/doc/kicad/help relative to the binary path of the application.
 The files should be installed in kicad_install_path/doc/help unless the
snapshot window's installers have been modified.