Help button leads to broken links

[marc-fouquet]

Describe the bug

Clicking the help-Button ("?") and then clicking a UI element opens a browser, but the help websites (i.e. https://docs.darktable.org/usermanual/5.0/de/module-reference/utility-modules/shared/export/ ) do not exist. It works when changing 5.0 in the URL to 4.8 or 4.6.

Obviously there is no documentation for 5.0. But as long as this is the case, a rewrite rule on the server should make sure that links directly from Darktable are redirected to the next-best thing (i.e. the 4.8 documentation).

Darktable relies more on its documentation than comparable software. Therefore this bug is especially bad for new users who may have heard of a new release from media coverage and need the help to learn the software. This is why I think that those links have to work "reasonably well" from the moment a new version is released.

Steps to reproduce

1. Klick the "?" button
2. Click any UI element
3. If first time, confirm opening a browser

Expected behavior

Show help for the clicked UI element

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Where did you obtain darktable from?

flatpak

darktable version

5.0

What OS are you using?

Linux

What is the version of your OS?

Debian 12

Describe your system?

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Are you using OpenCL GPU in darktable?

None

If yes, what is the GPU card and driver?

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Please provide additional context if applicable. You can attach files too, but might need to rename to .txt or .zip

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[mitchplze]

Came here to report this as well. Even Help > darktable Manual is currently going to a 404 in v5. 😬

A website redirect would be useful until docs for 5 are complete, as right now this is a really poor out-of-box experience for new users like myself. Makes it feel like a really beta/unmaintained project.