Can't search the KDE Help Centre

[Justin Denick]

On 9/7/05, Bogus Zaba <bogzab at blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:
> 
> I think it happened after I upgraded to KDE3.4.1 - all from RPM binaries, 
> not compiled from sources. Also I don't think I have excluded help docs, 
> since I can browse them, just not possible to search them - ie the docs are 
> there, but something has gone wrong with getting them indexed for searching.
> 
> Bogus
> 
> Justin Denick wrote: 
> 
> Hey Bogus,
> 
> I experienced a like issue with KDE-3.4.2-r2 on Gentoo-2005.1,but I 
> beleive the issue was/is related to < USE="-doc[...]" > which excludes Help 
> Documentation at compilation. While this created smaller binaries and used 
> less space, it also did exactly what it was supposed to-- exclude help docs.
> Did you compile KDE by hand?
> Also, did this happen after an upgrade or any other dramatic change to 
> your box?
> 
> On 9/6/05, Bogus Zaba <bogzab at blueyonder.co.uk > wrote: 
> > 
> > Not sure if this is a KDE or a SUSE problem, but when I start the Help 
> > Centre from KDE3.4.1 with Suse 9.2, I can browse through the help files,
> > using the "contents" tab in the left hand pane. When I want to search
> > through the help files, however, by changing to the "Seach" tab, the 
> > [Search] button is greyed out. I have the option of pressing a [Build
> > Search Index] button at the bottom of the left hand pane, but this
> > brings up a dialog which should contain a list of documents and a
> > "status" (to say if an index exists or not I think). But the list is 
> > empty and the [Build Index] button is greyed out. How do I populate this
> > list and build a search index for my help files? I'm sure this worked
> > before but cannot say exactly when the index got lost. Possibly when I 
> > installed KDE3.4...
> > 
> > I can change the Index Folder in this dialog and have tried various
> > existing folders that I thought might be logical messing this this does
> > not activate the [Build Index] button.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Bogus
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The issue may have more to do with the fact that KDE-4.1 is bleeding edge 
and bound to have some serious bugs. You may consider sending a bug report.
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