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On Thu, Oct 31, 2013 at 11:15:28PM -0400, wrote |
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> I'm getting rather annoyed with Firefox. I don't want to get into |
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> that flamewar right now. I'm trying to migrate to UZBL. The latest git |
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> version is a lot better than the stale stable version. The uzbl-9999 |
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> ebuild is broken (yes, I've filed a bug), so I pull directly from git |
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> and build and install to ~/.local. It's a steep learning curve, and |
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> I've gradually resolved almost every issue. The last reason to have |
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> Firefox or Opera hanging around is Flash. I subscribe to NHL GameCenter |
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> Live and Live365.com, so Flash functionality is mandatory for me. |
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> The git version of UZBL requires a recent version of webkit, which |
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> requires gtk3. Flash is a gtk2 program, so it doesn't work. |
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Correction to the above. I'm not a C programmer or developer, but I |
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tweaked the "Makefile", and the git version of uzbl now builds with a |
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recent gtk2, rather than gtk3, and consequently Flash runs fine. The |
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tweak consists of changing 1 line in the Makefile from... |
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ENABLE_GTK3 ?= auto |
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...to... |
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ENABLE_GTK3 ?= no |
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The git version allows you to launch multiple simultaneous instances |
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*WITH DIFFERENT CONFIGURATION FILES*. I usually launch using the config |
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file with plugins disabled. For the sites where I need Flash, I launch |
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the with plugin-enabled config. |
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Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org> |
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I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications |
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