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 _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
