help docs do not come with the software?

[David T.]

Take a look at:

http://voxel.dl.sourceforge.net/project/gnucash/gnucash%20%28stable%29/2.2.9/Gnucash%20OSX%20Readme.html

--- On Tue, 11/30/10, Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm> wrote:

> From: Jacob Wegelin <jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm>
> Subject: help docs do not come with the software?
> To: gnucash-user at gnucash.org
> Date: Tuesday, November 30, 2010, 3:29 PM
> http://code.gnucash.org/docs/help/Help-Window.html
> says:
> 
> http://code.gnucash.org/docs/help/Help-Window.html
> says:
> 
> BEGIN QUOTE
> 
> 2.1. Accessing Help
> 
> This window is accessed by going to the Help menu and
> selecting either
> the Tutorial and Concepts Guide or the Contents (F1).
> Section 4.2.1.9,
> “Help Menu” 
> 
> END QUOTE
> 
> I presume this means that I can read up-to-date help
> documents directly
> from the software on my computer, even if I'm not connected
> to the
> internet.
> 
> But when I go to the Help menu and select Tutorial and
> Concepts Guide a
> popup says: "Gnucash could not find the files for the help
> documentation. This is likely because the 'gnucash-docs'
> package is not
> installed."
> 
> I installed GnuCash as follows. I downloaded
> Gnucash-Intel-2.2.9.5.dmg
> from somewhere. I opened this file on my intel-based
> MacBook Pro. Then I
> "dragged" (copied) the file called Gnucash.app to my
> Applications
> directory. Attached are some screen shots of all this.
> 
> It's Gnucash 2.2.9, build r17949M on 2009-09-08.
> 
> There's nothing else in the dmg file that looks like a help
> files (as
> can be seen in one of the screenshots).
> 
> Are additional steps needed to get the Help docs? Are they
> not included
> with the software?
> 
> Thanks for any tips
> 
> Jake
> 
> -- 
>   Jacob Wegelin
>   jacobwegelin at fastmail.fm
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