[FM Discuss] konquerer and FM

[Mike McCallister]

Hey,

I did try working with the site in Konqueror 4.2. Here's one data point:

Able to read and create PDF for Inkscape manual.

Registered on the site and edited my User Page with no difficulty.

Was unable to use Remix. No specific errors (permission or otherwise), but
would get a black box when using the dropdown menu to select a manual to
remix. On subsequent tries, could generate a visible menu, but chapters did
not appear, much less drag-n-drop.

Couldn't generate any permissions errors, though. Any theories about causes
would depend on when and where you got the error. Wait...Let me take some of
that back: I do recall that in some Konqi versions, if it saw just plain
text on a page, it would load the default text editor (KWrite or whatever
was selected as the default) in the browser window. That might explain a
permission error when you tried to save edits. This is a setting in
Konqueror 3.x. Again, no problem in 4.2 as far as I can tell.

Mike


Mike McCallister
Technical Writing Consultant, Compuware
Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed" -- at bookstores now!
Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com


On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:40 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:

> hey,
>
> nice to meet you Mike. Its wonderful the work Anne has done to alert
> people of what we are up to.
>
> we look forward to working with you in the future :)
>
> adam
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, 2009-02-05 at 13:20 -0600, Mike McCallister wrote:
> > Adam,
> >
> > What version is doing this? 3.5.x or 4.x? I have to say virtually all
> > of the display weirdness I've seen with Konqueror over the years has
> > finally been resolved in v4.2. I haven't specifically looked at FM yet
> > (I'll do that tonight), but all kinds of sites now load quickly,
> > render properly.
> >
> > BTW, I don't believe I've introduced myself yet. While I've been
> > using, reading and writing about FLOSS for the entire 21st century
> > (and a little before), I first learned about FlossManuals and this
> > list thanks to Anne Gentle's and Janet Swisher's fine article about
> > the BookSprint in Intercom, the STC magazine.
> >
> > I hope I can participate more actively here later in the year, once
> > these commitments fade away:
> >       * I'm working on the new edition of openSUSE 11.x Unleashed.
> >       * I'm speaking at the WritersUA conference on open source tools
> >         for technical communication. Please come!
> >       * My term as president of the Wisconsin chapter of the Society
> >         for Technical Communication ends in June.
> > Thanks for the work you do! This is such an important task.
> >
> > Mike McCallister
> >
> >
> > Mike McCallister
> > Technical Writing Consultant, Compuware
> > Author, "openSUSE Linux Unleashed" -- at bookstores now!
> > Notes from the Metaverse: http://metaverse.wordpress.com
> >
> >
> > On Thu, Feb 5, 2009 at 1:01 PM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net>
> > wrote:
> >         anyone have nay idea whatsoever why Konquerer would show a
> >         permissions
> >         problem when looking at the fm site? its prety bizarre...if
> >         there are
> >         any tips let me know, although its a minority usage browser it
> >         is free
> >         sw and i'd like Fm to be displayed in it if we can make a
> >         quick fix
> >
> >         adam
> >
> >
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