On Mon, Dec 06, 2010 at 01:20:40PM -0500, Joe Fineman wrote: > Dear Conkerors: > > For some time (most recently in June) I have been agitating on this > list for someone to make it possible to use > edit-current-field-in-external-editor under Windows XP. Patience was > counseled. The other day, however, I was stimulated by a remark by > Axel Beckert to find the following at > http://conkeror.org/ConkerorSpawnHelper: > > Important Note: currently, conkeror-spawn-helper only works on > unix-like operating systems. We are actively clicking our heels > wishing for a Windows-using hacker to add Windows support. In the > meantime, it does work compiled with Cygwin.[...] > > Does that mean that, inasmuch as I use Cygwin, I can already implement > this facility? (Warning: If the answer is yes, I'll be back for more > advice, as the directions on the Web page are recondite for this > Windows-using nonhacker.) > > Alternatively, has xulrunner been updated to make it easier, as > mentioned in June? > > Thank you for your attention.
The conkeror-spawn-helper program itself should work, but you will run into another snag: Conkeror's spawn_process procedure is hard-coded to throw an error on the Windows platform. That needs to be dealt with. -- John Foerch _______________________________________________ Conkeror mailing list [email protected] https://www.mozdev.org/mailman/listinfo/conkeror
