[opensuse-packaging] susehelp... what it is?
Hi, The Stellarium package, from the Education repo, installs a file in /usr/share/susehelp/meta/Stellarium/stellarium_user_guide.desktop. First time I see that, and searching in the wiki/Google doesn't helps. If I run "susehelp" KHelpCenter is started... from where there is no signal of any stellarium docs. So... What susehelp is? How does it work? Are all packages with some kind of documentation supposed to install a file in %{_datadir}/susehelp/meta? TIA. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Sun, 26 Sep 2010, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
The Stellarium package, from the Education repo, installs a file in /usr/share/susehelp/meta/Stellarium/stellarium_user_guide.desktop. First time I see that, and searching in the wiki/Google doesn't helps. If I run "susehelp" KHelpCenter is started... from where there is no signal of any stellarium docs.
So... What susehelp is? How does it work? Are all packages with some kind of documentation supposed to install a file in %{_datadir}/susehelp/meta?
susehelp was/is the WUI (Web UI) Access to the installed documentation, look for "DOC_SERVER" and/or similar/related variables somewhere in /etc/sysconfig. It was/is supposed to provide an indexed, searchable WUI to the installed documentation. c.f. (german): http://de.opensuse.org/SDB:Hilfe_zur_Selbsthilfe#Die_SuSE_Hilfe.2C_Rettung_n... (I don't want to boot the box with 11.2 to look that up now, I'll have a look tomorrow, when I next boot it). HTH, -dnh -- THE LESSER-KNOWN PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES #12: LITHP This otherwise unremarkable language is distinguished by the absence of an "S" in its character set; users must substitute "TH". LITHP is said to be useful in protheththing lithtth. -- BSD fortune file -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org
2010/9/26 David Haller <dnh@opensuse.org>:
Hello,
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
The Stellarium package, from the Education repo, installs a file in /usr/share/susehelp/meta/Stellarium/stellarium_user_guide.desktop. First time I see that, and searching in the wiki/Google doesn't helps. If I run "susehelp" KHelpCenter is started... from where there is no signal of any stellarium docs.
So... What susehelp is? How does it work? Are all packages with some kind of documentation supposed to install a file in %{_datadir}/susehelp/meta?
susehelp was/is the WUI (Web UI) Access to the installed documentation, look for "DOC_SERVER" and/or similar/related variables somewhere in /etc/sysconfig. It was/is supposed to provide an indexed, searchable WUI to the installed documentation.
"was/is supposed"?
c.f. (german): http://de.opensuse.org/SDB:Hilfe_zur_Selbsthilfe#Die_SuSE_Hilfe.2C_Rettung_n...
Google translation says something about a "life ring" :-)
(I don't want to boot the box with 11.2 to look that up now, I'll have a look tomorrow, when I next boot it).
Sorry, I didn't understood this part. What are you going to look at? If Stellarium docs show in that "WUI"? Should I suppose it requires some kind of setup that you already have in a 11.2 machine? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org
Hello, On Mon, 27 Sep 2010, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
2010/9/26 David Haller <dnh@opensuse.org>:
On Sun, 26 Sep 2010, Cristian Morales Vega wrote:
So... What susehelp is? How does it work? Are all packages with some kind of documentation supposed to install a file in %{_datadir}/susehelp/meta?
susehelp was/is the WUI (Web UI) Access to the installed documentation, look for "DOC_SERVER" and/or similar/related variables somewhere in /etc/sysconfig. It was/is supposed to provide an indexed, searchable WUI to the installed documentation.
"was/is supposed"?
I wasn't sure, if it's still there. Just looked. It is. And %{_datadir}/susehelp/meta/ looks like the right place. $ rpm -qif `which susehelp` The SuSE Help System centralizes all Linux documentation in a clear, structured manner with convenient search capabilities. For quick start, click on the lifesaver in the desktop panel. For configuration, use the KDE Control Center. For more information, have a look at /usr/share/doc/packages/susehelp/README. [..] Distribution: openSUSE 11.2 $
c.f. (german): http://de.opensuse.org/SDB:Hilfe_zur_Selbsthilfe#Die_SuSE_Hilfe.2C_Rettung_n...
Google translation says something about a "life ring" :-)
The icon for the app is a 'life buoy' or 'livesaver'.
(I don't want to boot the box with 11.2 to look that up now, I'll have a look tomorrow, when I next boot it).
Sorry, I didn't understood this part. What are you going to look at?
The box that has openSUSE 11.2 installed. My main box, where I wrote that is an (formerly) 6.2 system installed in '99 ;)
If Stellarium docs show in that "WUI"? Should I suppose it requires some kind of setup that you already have in a 11.2 machine?
It'd be best if you have a look at the susehelp package yourself. Basically, it sets up a virtual host in apache with some cgi-scripts (to index, search manpages, infopages, and various other documentation). And as you access that stuff via the Browser, I call that a "Web User Interface". HTH, -dnh -- Indifference will be the downfall of mankind, but who cares? -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-packaging+help@opensuse.org
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