diff -p -up fontforge-20071210/fontforge/prefs.c.helpdir fontforge-20071210/fontforge/prefs.c
--- fontforge-20071210/fontforge/prefs.c.helpdir	2007-12-05 20:27:50.000000000 +0100
+++ fontforge-20071210/fontforge/prefs.c	2008-01-07 10:01:40.000000000 +0100
@@ -777,7 +777,7 @@ static void DefaultHelp(void) {
 #ifdef DOCDIR
 	helpdir = copy(DOCDIR "/");
 #elif defined(SHAREDIR)
-	helpdir = copy(SHAREDIR "/doc/fontforge/");
+	helpdir = copy(SHAREDIR "/../doc/fontforge-1.0/htdocs/");
 #else
 	helpdir = copy("/usr/local/share/doc/fontforge/");
 #endif
diff -p -up fontforge-20071210/fontforge/uiutil.c.helpdir fontforge-20071210/fontforge/uiutil.c
--- fontforge-20071210/fontforge/uiutil.c.helpdir	2007-12-05 20:27:52.000000000 +0100
+++ fontforge-20071210/fontforge/uiutil.c	2008-01-07 10:03:48.000000000 +0100
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@ return;
 #ifdef DOCDIR
 		strcpy(fullspec,DOCDIR "/");
 #elif defined(SHAREDIR)
-		strcpy(fullspec,SHAREDIR "/doc/fontforge/");
+		strcpy(fullspec,SHAREDIR "/../doc/fontforge-1.0/htdocs/");
 #else
 		strcpy(fullspec,"/usr/local/share/doc/fontforge/");
 #endif
@@ -347,10 +347,11 @@ return;
 		strcpy(fullspec,helpdir);
 	}
 	strcat(fullspec,file);
+	
 	if (( pt = strrchr(fullspec,'#') )!=NULL ) *pt ='\0';
 	if ( !GFileReadable( fullspec )) {
 	    if ( *file!='/' ) {
-		strcpy(fullspec,"/usr/share/doc/fontforge/");
+		strcpy(fullspec,"/usr/share/doc/fontforge-1.0/htdocs/");
 		strcat(fullspec,file);
 		if (( pt = strrchr(fullspec,'#') )!=NULL ) *pt ='\0';
 	    }