hi there all, i think title name says it all. i tryed few tips but still can’t get it work. if someone knows step by step how to install documentation for lazarus(CHM, not html) please share it with me.
On 10/31/2011 04:56 PM, rasselzzz wrote:
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> hi there all, i think title name says it all.
well, not quite…you left out:
-your operating system and version
-the update status of it
-your desktop environment and version
-how did you install lazarus
-where did you find the lazarus help files that you can’t install?
-did those help files come without installation instructions?
> i tryed few tips but still can’t get it work.
you also left out which tips you tried and in what ways they failed?
please show us the error messages, so that we might help solve those
errors…
> if someone knows step by step how to install
> documentation for lazarus(CHM, not html) please share it with me.
and you left out:
-if you have been through all the documentation available at
http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php and still not found what you
need?
-and, if you joined the mailing list at that site and there was no
lazarus guru there that could help you…
all of which make me wonder:
-do you have a browser installed?
-are you familiar with Google?
–
DD
openSUSE®, the “German Automobiles” of operating systems
i thought meny thing you named were not importand but if you insest.
Opensuse 11.4 up to date
KDE 4.6
installed from software.opensuse.org.
Doc. files have been downloaded from off Site.
no there is no instaction ony 3 CHM files in it.
Now about methods:
i followed instructions from Read me file in some lazarus map.
i followed tips from off site forum of lazarus(most of them are for windows instructions.
ps. sorry i can’t show you any error masages simply because i didint save them.
Hi,
to view chm files, install kchmviewer.
HTH
Lenwolf
I think problem of this guys is not how to view shm fils, but he wants to integrate the chm files. i might be wrong but i think kschviewer wont help him.
i dont know at this point maybe you have solved your problem but still there might be other guys who has the same problem so here what helped me.
lhelp is a program written entirely using FreePascal and the LCL to read .chm help files.
This is a basic HOWTO for integrating lhelp into the Lazarus IDE.
1 ) Start Lazarus
2 ) Install Packages:
In the Components Menu choose "Open Package File"
Browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/packages/help/ directory and
open "lhelpcontrolpkg.lpk"
You do not need to directly install this package.
With the lhelpcontrolpkg package still open, in the Components Menu choose
“Open Package File”. Browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/packages/idehelp
directory and open chmhelppkg.lpk
3 ) Now click “Install” this will automatically install the first package we opened.
4 ) Restart Lazarus(if it didn’t automatically)
5 ) Open the lhelp project in lazarus/components/chmhelp/lhelp/lhelp.lpi
Compile lhelp.
5 ) Configure the paths for the lhelp:
From the Help menu choose "Configure Help"
Change to the "Viewers" tab and select "CHM Help Viewer"
HelpEXE:
For the "HelpEXE" entry browse to the lazarus/components/chmhelp/lhelp/ folder
and select the lhelp executable.
HelpFilesPath:
This is the directory that contains the lcl.chm fcl.chm and rtl.chm files.
HelpLabel Name and Tag do not need to be altered.
The HelpLabel is the name of the named pipe that lazarus will use to comunicate with lhelp.
6 ) Configure the DataBases
Choose the DataBases tab.
RTLUnits:
this should be "rtl.chm://"
FCLUnits:
this should be "fcl.chm://"
LCLUnits:
this should be "lcl.chm://"
NOTE if you have only a single lcl-fcl-rtl.chm file then then paths become:
"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://rtl/"
"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://fcl/"
"lcl-fcl-rtl.chm://lcl/"
Now close this window and check out the integrated help 
Note: by step nr 2-3 you have to be root. or else you will get error message.
hope it will help you