In Kdevelop assistant some of the documentation sources wouldn't display. After some investigation I found the file $HOME/.kde3.4/share/config/dockdevtocpluginrc (included below) where the document locations are stored. In the [Locations] section all of the paths had $$$$HOME prepended to them. After removing the $$$$HOME string the docs could be browsed properly. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3. emerge info Portage 2.0.51.22-r3 (default-linux/x86/2005.0, gcc-3.3.6, glibc-2.3.5-r2, 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686) ================================================================= System uname: 2.6.12-gentoo-r6 i686 mobile AMD Athlon(tm) 4 1500+ Processor Gentoo Base System version 1.6.13 distcc 2.18.3 i686-pc-linux-gnu (protocols 1 and 2) (default port 3632) [disabled] ccache version 2.3 [enabled] dev-lang/python: 2.3.5, 2.4.2 sys-apps/sandbox: 1.2.12 sys-devel/autoconf: 2.13, 2.59-r6 sys-devel/automake: 1.4_p6, 1.5, 1.6.3, 1.7.9-r1, 1.8.5-r3, 1.9.6-r1 sys-devel/binutils: 2.15.92.0.2-r10 sys-devel/libtool: 1.5.20 virtual/os-headers: 2.6.11-r2 ACCEPT_KEYWORDS="x86" AUTOCLEAN="yes" CBUILD="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" CHOST="i686-pc-linux-gnu" CONFIG_PROTECT="/etc /usr/kde/2/share/config /usr/kde/3.2/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/env /usr/kde/3.3/share/config /usr/kde/3.3/shutdown /usr/kde/3.4/env /usr/kde/3.4/share/config /usr/kde/3.4/shutdown /usr/kde/3/share/config /usr/lib/X11/xkb /usr/share/config /usr/share/texmf/dvipdfm/config/ /usr/share/texmf/dvips/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/generic/config/ /usr/share/texmf/tex/platex/config/ /usr/share/texmf/xdvi/ /var/qmail/control" CONFIG_PROTECT_MASK="/etc/gconf /etc/terminfo /etc/env.d" CXXFLAGS="-O2 -march=athlon-4 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe" DISTDIR="/usr/portage/distfiles" FEATURES="autoconfig ccache distlocks fixpackages sandbox sfperms strict" GENTOO_MIRRORS="http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/www.ibiblio.org/gentoo/" MAKEOPTS="-j1" PKGDIR="/usr/portage/packages" PORTAGE_TMPDIR="/var/tmp" PORTDIR="/usr/portage" SYNC="rsync://lawnmower/portage" USE="x86 3dnow 3dnowex 3dnowext X aalib acpi alsa apache2 apm arts audiofile avantgo avi bash-completion berkdb bitmap-fonts bzip2 cdparanoia cdr crypt cups curl divx4linux doc dvd dvdread eds emboss encode esd ethereal examples exif expat fam fbcon ffmpeg fftw flac font-server foomaticdb fortran gcj gd gdbm gif gimpprint glut gmp gpm gtk gtk2 guile hal idn imagemagick imlib ipv6 java jpeg junit kde kdepim lcms ldap libclamav libg++ libwww lirc live mad mhash mikmod mmx mng motif mp3 mpeg msn mysql mythtv ncurses network nls oav ogg oggvorbis opengl oss pam pcmcia pcre pda pdf pdflib perl png pnp ppds python qt quicktime readline real recode rtc samba sdl slang spell ssl svg tcltk tcpd tetex truetype truetype-fonts type1-fonts udev unicode usb vorbis wifi xine xml2 xprint xv xvid zlib video_cards_prosavage userland_GNU kernel_linux elibc_glibc" Unset: ASFLAGS, CTARGET, LANG, LC_ALL, LDFLAGS, LINGUAS, PORTDIR_OVERLAY ------------------------------------- Original version of $HOME/.kde3.4/share/config/dockdevtocpluginrc [General] Autosetup=true [Index Settings] Ada=false Ada bugs (GCC)=false Bash Reference Manual=false Bash bugs=false C++ Annotations=false C++ bugs (GCC)=false Clanlib=false Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification=false Fortran bugs (GCC)=false GNOME 1.0 API Reference=false GNUstep=false GTK bugs=false Haskell 98=false Haskell bugs (ghc)=false Java bugs (GCC)=false Java bugs (Sun)=false KDE2 Development Book (kde.org)=true KDevelop API Documentation=false LIBC (umn.edu)=false LIBSTDC++ (gcc.gnu.org)=false OpenGL=false PHP=false PHP bugs=false Pascal bugs (fp)=false Perl=false Perl bugs=false Python=false Python bugs=false Qt Designer-3 and KDevelop-3=false SDL=false STL (sgi.com)=false Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification=false SuperWaba 3.4.1 API=false User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0=false wxWidgets bugs=false [Locations] Ada=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/ada.toc Ada bugs (GCC)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/ada_bugs_gcc.toc Bash Reference Manual=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/bash.toc Bash bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/bash_bugs.toc C++ Annotations=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/cppannotations.toc C++ bugs (GCC)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/c++_bugs_gcc.toc Clanlib=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/clanlib.toc Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/w3c-dom-level2-html.toc Fortran bugs (GCC)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/fortran_bugs_gcc.toc GNOME 1.0 API Reference=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/gnome1.toc GNUstep=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/gnustep.toc GTK bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/gtk_bugs.toc Haskell 98=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/haskell.toc Haskell bugs (ghc)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/haskell_bugs_ghc.toc Java bugs (GCC)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/java_bugs_gcc.toc Java bugs (Sun)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/java_bugs_sun.toc KDE2 Development Book (kde.org)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/kde2book.toc KDevelop API Documentation=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/kdev3api.toc LIBC (umn.edu)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/libc.toc LIBSTDC++ (gcc.gnu.org)=/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/libstdc++.toc OpenGL=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/opengl.toc PHP=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/php.toc PHP bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/php_bugs.toc Pascal bugs (fp)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/pascal_bugs_fp.toc Perl=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/perl.toc Perl bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/perl_bugs.toc Python=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/python.toc Python bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/python_bugs.toc Qt Designer-3 and KDevelop-3=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/qt-kdev3.toc SDL=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/sdl.toc STL (sgi.com)=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/stl.toc Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/w3c-svg.toc SuperWaba 3.4.1 API=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/sw.toc User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/w3c-uaag10.toc wxWidgets bugs=$$$$HOME/usr/share/apps/kdevdocumentation/tocs/wxwidgets_bugs.toc [Search Settings] Ada=false Ada bugs (GCC)=false Bash Reference Manual=false Bash bugs=false C++ Annotations=false C++ bugs (GCC)=false Clanlib=false Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification=false Fortran bugs (GCC)=false GNOME 1.0 API Reference=false GNUstep=false GTK bugs=false Haskell 98=false Haskell bugs (ghc)=false Java bugs (GCC)=false Java bugs (Sun)=false KDE2 Development Book (kde.org)=false KDevelop API Documentation=false LIBC (umn.edu)=false LIBSTDC++ (gcc.gnu.org)=false OpenGL=false PHP=false PHP bugs=false Pascal bugs (fp)=false Perl=false Perl bugs=false Python=false Python bugs=false Qt Designer-3 and KDevelop-3=false SDL=false STL (sgi.com)=false Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification=false SuperWaba 3.4.1 API=false User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0=false wxWidgets bugs=false [TOC Settings] Ada=true Ada bugs (GCC)=true Bash Reference Manual=true Bash bugs=true C++ Annotations=true C++ bugs (GCC)=true Clanlib=true Document Object Model (DOM) Level 2 HTML Specification=true Fortran bugs (GCC)=true GNOME 1.0 API Reference=true GNUstep=true GTK bugs=true Haskell 98=true Haskell bugs (ghc)=true Java bugs (GCC)=true Java bugs (Sun)=true KDE2 Development Book (kde.org)=true KDevelop API Documentation=true LIBC (umn.edu)=true LIBSTDC++ (gcc.gnu.org)=true OpenGL=true PHP=true PHP bugs=true Pascal bugs (fp)=true Perl=true Perl bugs=true Python=true Python bugs=true Qt Designer-3 and KDevelop-3=true SDL=true STL (sgi.com)=true Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) 1.1 Specification=true SuperWaba 3.4.1 API=true User Agent Accessibility Guidelines 1.0=true wxWidgets bugs=true
Apparently no one else seem to have had the problem. Assuming local hiccup.