Description of problem: The htdig "common" directory on my system is "/usr/share/htdig", but "/usr/bin/khc_docbookdig.pl" and "/usr/bin/khc_htdig.pl" use "/srv/www/htdig/common/" instead. The "htsearch" program on my system is "/var/www/cgi-bin/htsearch", but "/usr/bin/khc_htsearch.pl" uses "/srv/www/cgi-bin/htsearch" instead. The "maxnum" option to "/usr/bin/khc_htsearch.pl" is not used properly, causing the "Max. results" setting in the khelpcenter GUI to be ignored. The line in "/usr/bin/khc_htsearch.pl" that reads ########## $htsearchcmd .= "\"format=$format&method=$method&words=$words\""; ########## should instead read ########## $htsearchcmd .= "\"format=$format&method=$method&matchesperpage=$maxnum&words=$words\""; ##########. Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable): kdebase-3.5.4-0.2.fc5 htdig-3.2.0b6-6.4.2.1 htdig-web-3.2.0b6-6.4.2.1 How reproducible: Running khelpcenter and searching for some common term in the "Application manuals" will not find any results. The configuration file "~/.kde/share/apps/khelpcenter/index/kde_application_manuals.conf" references "/srv/www/htdig/common/" instead of "/usr/share/htdig" as given in "/etc/htdig/htdig.conf".
it's now fixed in rawhide. The fix will also be included in next kdebase rebuild for FC5-update. Thanks for your report.