Re: [XaraXtreme-dev] Startup problems due to help

[Luke Hart <lukeh@xxxxxxxx>]

Martin Wuerthner wrote:
> Since the latest change that enabled the help functionality XaraLX 
> fails to start up here. After some tracing through the code I noticed 
> that InitHelpPath insists on finding the directory 
> /usr/share/xaralx/doc/en, which does not exist here - which is not a 
> surprise since I cannot see how that should have been created by the 
> build process.
>
> Do we really want the application to refuse to start up just because 
> it cannot find its help files? We have done fine without them up to 
> now, so we should really allow the app to start without them.
>
> Even worse, the error message is rather less than helpful: In 
> non-debug mode, an empty error box is displayed. In debug mode, it 
> reads "InformGeneral: This error has already been reported". The trace 
> says "Recursive InformGeneral - Error in error handler! (1)".
>
> So, if we really insist on bombing out just because there is no help 
> file, we should at least have a proper error message.
>
> Martin
>   
Sorry about that, I hadn't realized that a failure in InitHelpPath would 
propagate back and cause the application to bomb out. Fixed in current 
head (SVN #1427)

   Luke