Help doesn't open

[Willeke]

When I choose Help from the menu, I get an error:

15:50:07: Failed to open URL "file:///Users/Willeke/Downloads/Hugin 2013.0.0 Release/Hugin.app/Contents/Resources/nl.lproj/help/Hugin.html" in default browser. (error 0: Unknown error: 0)
15:50:07: Can't start system's web browser

Hugin 2013.0.0
Mac OS X 10.6.8 and OS X 10.9.0

[zarl (carl-einem)]

Hugin's help is basically a local copy of the version in the panotools wiki, so it's basically a set of html files.

The error message shows a URL that leads to a local file which is supposed to open in your default browser. It would work if your path didn't contain special characters: so rename the folder "Hugin 2013.0.0 Release" to something without blanks and I bet it will work (it works here on my Mac).

See also http://wiki.panotools.org/Hugin_FAQ#Special_Characters_in_Paths

[Willeke (willeke2007)]

I copied the disk image volume "Hugin 2013.0.0 Release". I removed the blanks and now it works.

[zarl (carl-einem)]

So this somehow affects the build process for Mac binaries.

[tmodes (tmodes)]

Please test 2016.2 version and report back if it is fixed.

[Willeke (willeke2007)]

Hugin 2016 requires OS X 10.11. I'm on OS X 10.10 and can't test.

[Olivier (choucrouteman)]

I haven't used Hugin for a while but my test of the latest version (on Mac OS 10.11.5) lead to:
wxWidgets Debug Alert

../src/common/menucmn.cpp(693): assert "!m_menuBar" failed in Attach(): attaching menu twice?

Call stack:
[00] wxMenuBar::Replace(unsigned long, wxMenu*, wxString const&)
[01] MainFrame::SetGuiLevel(GuiLevel)
[02] MainFrame::MainFrame(wxWindow*, PT::Panorama&)
[03] huginApp::OnInit()
[04] wxApp::CallOnInit()
[05] wxEntry(int&, wchar_t**)
[06] main
[07] start

Do you want to stop the program?
You can also choose [Cancel] to suppress further warnings.

... and then clicking on Help/help lead to hugin Error
Could not open help file: /Applications/Hugin/Hugin.app/Contents/Resources/fr.lproj/help/Hugin.html

:-(

[tmodes (tmodes)]

Is this really with 2016.2 beta1? No other user has reported the assert message, you would be the first.

[tmodes (tmodes)]

Further fixes will be in 2016.2 beta2 or rc1

[Olivier (choucrouteman)]

My mistake, I wasn't using the beta version.
With 2026.2 on Mac OS 10.11.5, when clicking the "Help" menu, I get:

Could not find help directory in the bundle.