Xfhelp 4.2 fails in default setting

purslow at sympatico.ca purslow at sympatico.ca
Sun Oct 10 15:48:41 CEST 2004


continuing to explore 4.2 in the interest of QA,
i tried 'help' in the desktop menu.
when nothing happened, i tried the command 'xfhelp4' from a terminal & got :

  purslow: desktop> xfhelp4
    No running windows found
    Error: No running window found.

this is the result of its trying to start Mozilla (or Firefox):
when i set  BROWSER=galeon  (or 'lynx' or 'konqueror') help starts correctly.

the quick fix for me is to hack the Xfhelp4 script
to put  1  of the  3  browers which work at the start of the list.
Mozilla & Firefox are both installed & start from a launcher.

this may trap a more naive user: doesn't it need correction ?

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