02-05-2018, 09:37 AM
(This post was last modified: 02-05-2018, 12:14 PM by rich2005.
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There is a chance.
The gimp help files install to a directory tucked away ....path-to...\share\gimp\2.0\help\<language>
You want the US English language folder en
This in a Win7 VM with portableapps Gimp installed to a remote drive (E: )
![[Image: N6rGcUK.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/N6rGcUK.jpg)
Does it work? It does here but no guarantees on Win10/other locations/other versions
![[Image: lmo8VAQ.jpg]](https://i.imgur.com/lmo8VAQ.jpg)
How to get the help files? Well apart from your aversion to using the installer, which is little more than an archive unpacker use the ones I unpacked for this example. On my storage
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=...qcYY71dyfV about 26 MB This unzips to help/en/<lotsoffiles>
An alternative, I use linux and do not want hundreds of files cluttering root up, so use a PDF.
A good one here, http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/ 900 pages, searchable and indexed. 32 MB
The gimp help files install to a directory tucked away ....path-to...\share\gimp\2.0\help\<language>
You want the US English language folder en
This in a Win7 VM with portableapps Gimp installed to a remote drive (E: )
Does it work? It does here but no guarantees on Win10/other locations/other versions
How to get the help files? Well apart from your aversion to using the installer, which is little more than an archive unpacker use the ones I unpacked for this example. On my storage
https://my.pcloud.com/publink/show?code=...qcYY71dyfV about 26 MB This unzips to help/en/<lotsoffiles>
An alternative, I use linux and do not want hundreds of files cluttering root up, so use a PDF.
A good one here, http://gimp.linux.it/www/meta/ 900 pages, searchable and indexed. 32 MB