Am 02.10.2017 um 11:20 schrieb Jim Holsenback:
> On 10/1/2017 4:13 AM, clipka wrote:
>> Am 01.10.2017 um 02:07 schrieb Jim Holsenback:
>>> On 9/21/2017 3:10 PM, clipka wrote:
>>>> Be advised that this binary-only release wants to reside in an existing
>>>> v3.7.x installation.
>>>
>>> nix is working oh-key-dokey fine however doze has an issue ... binary in
>>> v3.7.1 install directory but help buttons for POV-Win and Scene aren't
>>> working
>>
>> Yes, that's a known issue: v3.8 can't load the v3.7 help file.
>>
>> To work around this, download the help file directly from the
>> `release/v3.8.0` branch, and copy it into the v3.7 install's `help`
>> directory.
>>
> 
> copied as is and when that didn't work went through several renaming
> incantations with no joy

Presuming your v3.7 installation and the v3.8.0-alpha binary reside in
`C:\Program Files\POV-Ray\v3.7`, then the v3.8 help file
(`distribution\platform-specific\windows\Help\povray.chm` in the repo)
should work fine when dropped in as `C:\Program
Files\POV-Ray\v3.7\help\povray.chm`.

Note that v3.8.0-alpha always looks for its help file in your v3.7
(release proper, i.e. v3.7.0, or RC, i.e. v3.7.1-rc.1) installation
directory tree, regardless of where you place the v3.8.0-alpha binary.
Most notably, if you accidently placed the v3.8.0-alpha binary in a
v3.7-beta installation (e.g. v3.7.1-beta.9), it will still try to load
the help file from wherever your v3.7 proper installation resides.

Also note that the help file must be named `povray.chm` (as in the
`release/v3.8.0` branch), /not/ `povray37.chm` (as still in the master
branch, IIRC).

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