| j1mc | hey all | 01:39 |
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| j1mc | hey jjesse | 01:40 |
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| achiang | hello, i'm looking for a pointer on how to properly modify the help displayed by yelp (on an older version, lucid). specifically, i'd like to add a link to a PDF installed somewhere on the system. | 20:35 |
| achiang | i'm getting lost in all the XML | 20:35 |
| * achiang wonders if j1mc might have any clues. micahg said you might... | 20:40 | |
| j1mc | hi achiang | 20:42 |
| achiang | hi | 20:42 |
| j1mc | achiang: you want the ubuntu help to open a pdf for all ubuntu users, or you just want it on your own system? | 20:43 |
| achiang | j1mc: well, we can assume it's just for me right now, that it's not really an upstreamable change. | 20:44 |
| achiang | j1mc: but to talk in terms of code and patches, i'm looking at 04_new_ubuntu_layout.patch in yelp_2.30.0-0ubuntu2, and not seeing how to extend the examples there to add an extra link to a PDF file | 20:45 |
| achiang | j1mc: i don't want to completely replace the help, actually. just add a new link that says, "hey, check this PDF out for more info" | 20:46 |
| j1mc | achiang: well, we are really only doing bug-fixes on older releases... but... as for how to do it, i'd need to take a look at the file. | 20:47 |
| j1mc | could you give me the file name? | 20:47 |
| achiang | j1mc: right, so like i said, this isn't suitable for upstream... | 20:48 |
| achiang | j1mc: i guess i don't really have a file name right now, just trying to understand the general technique. i guess we could assume /usr/share/doc/achiang/foo.pdf | 20:50 |
| j1mc | still, the file name would be helpful | 20:50 |
| achiang | ah, interesting, there is a file named /usr/share/gnome/help/system-admin-guide/C/system-admin-guide.pdf | 20:51 |
| achiang | j1mc: we can use the above as an example? | 20:51 |
| j1mc | achiang: i'm looking... thanks for your patience | 20:52 |
| achiang | j1mc: i appreciate any help you can offer, so thank you! | 20:53 |
| j1mc | achiang: if you want to include your link in the help browser, you'd want to do something like this: | 20:56 |
| j1mc | <ulink url="file://path/to/file.pdf">open the file</ulink> | 20:57 |
| j1mc | in the native docbook of the ubuntu help | 20:57 |
| j1mc | but yelp isn't set up to look at your home directory by default | 20:58 |
| j1mc | ... so ... i'd be wary of making changes to any text in your /usr directory | 20:58 |
| j1mc | are you doing this just for yourself? | 20:58 |
| achiang | j1mc: i think i understand what you are saying -- if i change the text in the /usr directory, and point it to a path in my home directory, the link won't work for other users? | 21:00 |
| j1mc | well, that's one thing, but it's also just not recommended to modify content in the /usr directory | 21:00 |
| j1mc | i mean, for a user to modify content in the /usr directory | 21:01 |
| achiang | j1mc: right, got it | 21:01 |
| achiang | j1mc: thank you for your help | 21:02 |
| j1mc | do you know how to get the latest docbook sources for what you want to do? are you trying to build this out for other users? | 21:02 |
| achiang | j1mc: well, i'm kinda working on a derivative distribution of sorts, so... it would be for other users eventually, but not via a PPA or a web page or anything like that | 21:03 |
| j1mc | ok | 21:04 |
| achiang | j1mc: i'm actually staring at the yelp package, but not entirely sure what to modify. it sounds like there is separate docbook source i could modify? | 21:05 |
| j1mc | you can use that ulink feature to link to any file, though. you'd need to modify the docbook to do what you want to do, though. | 21:05 |
| j1mc | best of luck... let us know if you have more questions | 21:05 |
| j1mc | hi glatzor | 21:33 |
| j1mc | hi MrChrisDruif | 21:33 |
| MrChrisDruif | Aloha j1mc :) | 21:33 |
| MrChrisDruif | How's it going? | 21:34 |
| j1mc | :) | 21:34 |
| MrChrisDruif | Well? | 21:37 |
| j1mc | just saying hello | 21:38 |
| MrChrisDruif | xD | 21:38 |
| MrChrisDruif | And I'm just asking how it goes :P | 21:38 |
| j1mc | oh, it is going fine, thanks. :) | 21:39 |
| j1mc | you? | 21:39 |
| MrChrisDruif | Pretty good :D | 21:40 |
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