[Libreoffice-bugs] [Bug 138727] Help right-hand pane lacks scrolling

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https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=138727

Nick Levinson <Nick_Levinson at yahoo.com> changed:

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--- Comment #14 from Nick Levinson <Nick_Levinson at yahoo.com> ---
This is surprising, since my Fedora laptop's LO is version 7.0.4.2 (later than
what you suggest I install (comment 13)) and my Ubuntu laptop's LO 6.4 (on
Ubuntu 20.04.1 LTS, kept evergreen) has a Help system that more resembles yours
(comment 10) and has a URL that begins with file:///usr/share/libreoffice/ even
when I had turned Wi-Fi off and restarted LO and Help. When I dug down in my
Fedora filesystem usr/share/libreoffice/ was empty, so Fedora and Ubuntu store
LO Help in different directories. Running a search across the whole file system
for a Help phrase was taking hours and I gave up.

I hesitate to install software that is not in Fedora's system for installing
apps, since that might lead to a software conflict. I got LO as part of
Fedora's default installation and I assume Fedora's Software app would generate
the same thing. Nonetheless, just to see what would be listed, I ran dnf search
libreoffice* (per comment 13) and got this inter alia:

libreoffice-help-en.x86_64 : English help for LibreOffice

I found the same string when running dnf search libreoffice-help* and getting
its lengthy output.

I don't know why, for either keyword, the output listed no other architecture
for *help* and wonder if I'm getting a different Help format than you are
because (perhaps) we're using different architectures, although I don't know
why designers would want that to matter for Help's UI.

Instead of installing what dnf listed, I uninstalled all of LO's major apps
that I had: Writer, Calc, and Base. I assumed no part of LO should still be on
my system after that. Then, using Fedora's Software app, I reinstalled just
Writer and got the Help I had before and that you said is not part of LO. Also,
the blank Writer document had defaults I had set before the uninstallation.
Then, I uninstalled Writer and I installed, again via the Software app, the
single LO suite, which was only version 6.4. It didn't have Help and told me to
download it separately from LO's website or from a repository or use online
help. Fedora's Software app doesn't seem to offer LO Help separately. The
default Writer document did not have my settings. Then, I uninstalled the LO
suite and reinstalled just Writer, which was version 7.0.4.2 again. This time,
likely because LO versions 6.4 and 7 store in different folders, before I
reinstalled Calc and Base I checked with just Writer and saw I had my defaults
back and the Help I had before but which you said is not part of LO.

So, I'm asking at Fedora's website to see if they're customizing LO Help
(https://ask.fedoraproject.org/t/is-libreoffice-help-customized-for-fedora/11537).
I didn't expect that they would go to the trouble, but maybe we'll find out.

If you know the address of 7.0.4.2 Help on my system, let me know so I can
drill down into the folders and find it. Then I might find the Help version.

With the Help I have on my Fedora laptop: LO Writer > Help menu > About
LibreOffice, both before and after the above uninstallation/reinstallation:

Version: 7.0.4.2
Build ID: 00(Build:2)
CPU threads: 2; OS: Linux 5.9; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3
Locale: en-US (en_US.UTF-8); UI: en-US
Calc: threaded

The last reinstallation seems to have included Draw (not Impress) although I
didn’t want it or select it. I made a Draw .odg document by inserting a QR
code, saved it, and then tried to open it, but couldn't. I don't know if that's
a feature or a symptom or if it's relevant to the Help issue.

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