On 10/2/2017 8:31 AM, clipka wrote:
> 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).

well i uninstalled 3.7.1 beta and put the pvengine64 into my remaining 
3.7.0 bin directory and povray.chm into help directory. now the help 
buttons work but all i get is the left pane and none of the links are 
clickable ... not that big of an issue for /me/ because i prefer the 
html version

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