[GNC-dev] documentation html location

[Geert Janssens]

Op donderdag 27 januari 2022 07:31:33 CET schreef Chris Good:
> Hi,
> 
> It's been quite a while since I built the documentation and much has
> changed.
> 
> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Documentation_Improvement#In_HTML_and_Other_Fo
> rmats
> says:
> 
> The built html files with be placed in an automatically created directory,
> which if using the example directories will be:
> $HOME/code/gnucash-docs/build/<guide|help>/C/gnucash-<guide|help>
> ..
> To view the results in a web browser, in a file manager (or for Windows:
> Windows Explorer/File Explorer) double click on either:
> $HOME/code/gnucash-docs/build/help/C/gnucash-help/help.html
> # or
> $HOME/code/gnucash-docs/build/guide/C/gnucash-guide/index.html
> 
> But when I did it on my Ubuntu system,
> 
> help.html is
> 
> build/share/doc/C/gnucash-help/help.html
> 

Indeed. The build directory is now laid out as if it's an install directory. (We do the same for 
the gnucash application's build directory). This (mostly) eliminates the need to actually install 
to verify code or documentation changes.

> Should I update the wiki?
> 

Please do.

Regards,

Geert