Joe Fineman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I use Conkeror %^) under Windows XP %^(.  (I was hoping to mention the
> version of Conkeror, but I find that M-x conkeror-version merely comes
> back with "$CONKEROR_VERSION$".)

Typing:

git rev-parse HEAD

will give you the current revision.

> I have at last succeeded in installing the nonhistorical Conkeror (my
> difficulty in doing so was due to a trivial error in downloading the
> installation), and am happy and grateful to say that *all* the bugs I
> complained about while using the Firefox version have disappeared.
> Having enjoyed this luxury for a few weeks, I have a few complaints &
> suggestions:

> I have 20/20 vision, but I find the little numbers identifying links
> (white on red background) hard to read at the default magnification;
> it takes close attention to distinguish the digits 3, 6, 8, & 9.  I
> can make them legible by zooming, but that is two nuisances.  Is there
> some way to change the font to something a little bolder?  (Even
> changing the color from white to black might do the job.)  In that
> respect, the historical Conkeror was much better.

I think you may be able to modify the style for span.__conkeror_hint in
userContent.css.

Alternatively, modify content/hints.css directly.

> It would be nice if (not just in Conkeror, but in Windows & Microsoft
> Word & Firefox & the rest of the universe; but let's stay on topic)
> text windows -- particularly those that are expecting a URL or a
> filename -- used a serif monospace font such as Courier, rather than
> the wretched little sans serif font in which it is often hard to be
> sure I have typed what I intended to.  It has kerning problems
> (notoriously, "rn" & "m" are only microscopically distinguishable),
> and narrow characters such as "l" & "i" are sometimes obscured by the
> cursor.

This is all customizable via CSS, this time in userChrome.css.

Note that you should create both of these files in a "chrome"
subdirectory (that you may also need to create) inside of your profile
directory.

> My other comments have to do with the intimacy of communication
> between Conkeror & Emacs.  I was delighted to find (what was not so
> before) that when I do cmd_copy (M-w, etc.), the region appears, not
> just in the Windows clipboard, but in the Emacs kill ring.  It would
> also be convenient if the Emacs commands insert-file and write-region
> were available in Conkeror.

These commands can certainly be added; I hadn't had a need for them
myself, but they should be quite straightforward.

> I was disappointed to find that edit-current-field-in-external-editor
> does not yet work under Windows.  It will greatly improve my quality
> of life when it does; I hope that is in the works.

It is not a great difficulty, it is just that I don't use MS Window
myself and I haven't taken the time to get it working.

> Finally, at present when I use browse-url to get from Emacs to
> Conkeror, it always starts a new window.  Is there a way to tell it to
> use an existing Conkeror window if there is one?  That is the way
> Firefox and the historical Conkeror used to behave.

Set

url_remoting_fn = load_url_in_new_buffer;

in your RC file.

-- 
Jeremy Maitin-Shepard
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