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Question  03-30-2020, 01:06 AM
I just now installed the English language manual for GIMP 2.10.  After I downloaded and installed the manual, I restarted my desktop PC (Windows 10).

However, the pages of the manual display as blank pages when I open it inside GIMP.  Attached is a screenshot to show what I am talking about.

What do I need to do, to fix this?  Thank you for any help.


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03-30-2020, 08:05 AM
Blank page? I vaguely remember something like that in the distant past, a broken Gimp help browser. Normally if the help files are not recognized you get a message
"The GIMP user manual is not installed in your language....."   Is this a brand new Gimp 2.10.18 installation or over a existing installation?

However, more generally (might help other GB users).  The GB version of help has been a 'sometimes' problem since Gimp 2.8 No change on that front. There is the The user manual is not installed locally message. (I assume you do not have that)

   

First check the language settings, both places in Edit -> Preferences Interface and Help System If you make any changes, restart Gimp and check Edit -> Preferences again.

   

The next 'fix' is go into C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\help\ folder and rename en_GB to a plain en   Restart Gimp and see if help is recognized and usable.

   

If all that fails, and you need something to use off-line then there is an English language PDF of Gimp 2.10 help, to download here: http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/  1000 pages / indexed / searchable.
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04-01-2020, 01:06 AM
(03-30-2020, 08:05 AM)rich2005 Wrote: Blank page? I vaguely remember something like that in the distant past, a broken Gimp help browser. Normally if the help files are not recognized you get a message
"The GIMP user manual is not installed in your language....."   Is this a brand new Gimp 2.10.18 installation or over a existing installation?

However, more generally (might help other GB users).  The GB version of help has been a 'sometimes' problem since Gimp 2.8 No change on that front. There is the The user manual is not installed locally message. (I assume you do not have that)



First check the language settings, both places in Edit -> Preferences Interface and Help System If you make any changes, restart Gimp and check Edit -> Preferences again.



The next 'fix' is go into C:\Program Files\GIMP 2\share\gimp\2.0\help\ folder and rename en_GB to a plain en   Restart Gimp and see if help is recognized and usable.



If all that fails, and you need something to use off-line then there is an English language PDF of Gimp 2.10 help, to download here: http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/  1000 pages / indexed / searchable.

Thank you for your response.  Instead of following your first suggested solution, I followed the link to the pdf manual you provided, and I now have that saved on my desktop.
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02-07-2025, 01:43 AM
After struggling for a while with GIMP's own browser for its help manual, I discovered I could also open the manual in Firefox: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/

The three biggest advantages I've discovered so far are that:
  1. I've been using Firefox for years, so I'm much more familiar with its features and comfortable using it.
  2. I can use Ctrl+F to search for references to a subject like "font" or "grid" or "layer", especially in a long page like the main Table of Contents.
  3. When I encounter a link to some distant page in the manual, I can pop open a new tab and check out the new page without losing my place on the old page.
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02-07-2025, 08:53 AM
(02-07-2025, 01:43 AM)gophersnake Wrote: After struggling for a while with GIMP's own browser for its help manual, I discovered I could also open the manual in Firefox: https://docs.gimp.org/2.10/en/

The three biggest advantages I've discovered so far are that:
  1. I've been using Firefox for years, so I'm much more familiar with its features and comfortable using it.
  2. I can use Ctrl+F to search for references to a subject like "font" or "grid" or "layer", especially in a long page like the main Table of Contents.
  3. When I encounter a link to some distant page in the manual, I can pop open a new tab and check out the new page without losing my place on the old page.

4. When you help someone inf a forum, you can give  link to the page.

OTOH, when you are the kind of person who clicks at random in a UI, you can get to the proper help page quickly. But do these people ever RTFM?
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