[Gimp-user] Need help with help

[Jim Sabatke]

edward storm wrote:
> 	Although I am able to make progress in Peck's "Beginning GIMP" I have  
> not been able to access or use
> the Gimp help files.   When I click on Help in The Gimp
> I get nothing.  In my root directory (Leopard) in addition to  
> Macintosh HD and Network I have Gimp, help,
> Gimp-2.4.3-080109-Leopard-Intel.  This is what I have
> just after downloading Gimp-2.4.4... from "Wilbur Loves
> Apple".
>
> 	Why does it still say "Gimp-2.4.3..." when I have
> downloaded "Gimp-2.4.4..."?
>
> 	How can I get access to and use The Gimp's help files?  I can't  
> access the Gimp Manual either,  from
> inside The Gimp.
>
> 	I am a very raw novice at modern computing,  but
> with considerable experience with the old-fashioned
> computing - Pascal, C, Lisp, Scheme and some UNIX.  If you're going to  
> try to help me please be very explicit
> and exact.  I still don't "get it" and need all the help
> I can get.
>
> 	Thanks
>   
1. You should probably uninstall gimp 2.4.3 and then reinstall 2.4.4.
2. Gimp help is another download and install.

I'm not familiar with Mac's and how they load software, so I can't
really be more specific about this.

Good luck,

Jim