Boris Epstein (Mittwoch, 1. April 2009, 14:52):
We are using GIMP 2.4 on OpenSuSE Linux 10.3. Recently, to our great
surprise, we discovered that:
1) Both the online and the built-in version of the user manual lacks
the search function. That is rather peculiar because to the best of
my recollection it was there in the previous versions.
There was no search function for the gimp-help package shipped with SuSE
Linux 9.3 (as far as I remember), and according to
http://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=152987
it looks like there was no search function for several years.
2) The built-in manual (GIMP Help Browser) lacks proper titles for
many chapters, displaying "???TITLE???" instead.
Then you are using an old gimp-help version. This has been (partially)
fixed one year ago.
I have just checked my help files, there are still a few (sic!) "FIXME
TITLE" titles, but no "???TITLE???".
There are also other miscellaneous problems of lesser significance
but the issues mentioned above are major and make using the help
facility barely possible.
Really? Of course, a search function would be really helpful, but there
is a table of contents and a huge index, both making the manual at
least usable - far from "using barely possible". Using toc and index is
the way you would work with a printed manual, BTW.
I am just wondering if there is a plan to fix that.
Generating help titles should be fixed (before the next release?).
Don't know if we (who - documenters or developers?) should try to add a
search function...
..., and it is a shame that the user manual/help facility's
shortcomings get in the way of a quality user experience.
Hmm, "a shame" - that's a bit rude, isn't it?
Bye,
Ulf
