Re: [libreoffice-users] offline Help LO 25.8.4.2

El dom, 18-01-2026 a las 14:20 -0500, John Kaufmann escribió:
> On 2026-01-16 17:35, aguador wrote:
> ...El vie, 16-01-2026 a las 11:36 -0500, Remy Gauthier escribió:...
> I do the same with the help in French. I install the helppack_en-US
> and helppack_fr and everything works well. Do remember that even if
> you have the offline help installed, the help is still displayed
> using your default browser. ...Wondering if this can be configured.
> While I see nothing in the LO
> configuration for help, off-line help in Mageia has always opened in
> a
> popup window, not in the browsers. Just tested this with LO 24.2.7.2
> and 26.2.0.1, both installed from the Mageia 9 and 10 repositories,
> respectively.
>
>
> The icon on the help window border identifies it as soffice.bin.
> Having
> that window open adds one open file to the running soffice.bin
> process
> according to the process monitor.
> ...Interesting! - is that behavior a Mageia thing (not
>     browser-dependent)?  - that is, that a URL <file//.> is
>     handled by the OS, not passed to the browser?  If so, then I like
>     your thought - can other OS be so configured? - but that might
>     depend on whether other OS have such a <file//.> handler.FWIW,
> what is  your browser?-John 

I had hoped that someone from the Document Foundation would have
answered as opening the help window does not add a process to those
running, meaning that it is handled within LibreOffice not a browser or
external html editor, and should not be OS dependent.

Looking at the available commands for the menus tab in
Tools>Customization (personalization in Spanish), the tool tip for help
shows (translating from my Spanish interface):

  Label: LibreOffice Help
  Command: uno.HelpIndex
  Popup description: LibreOffice Help

So help here apparently depends on having the LO pyuno package
installed.

What pops up for help on my system is a dual pane window with the index
to the left (with ability to search) and help text on the right. Above
the index of help items is a box to specify the LO component for which
one is seeking help.

While I doubt it's worth much, I have both Firefox (default) and
Vivaldi installed.

Roy

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