why? disable it in xxterm if you don't like it, some people actually do like it.
On (2011-02-14 07:27), Marco Peereboom wrote: > I am all for this. In fact I think we should go further and remove the > "guess url that user typed because he/she can't type" code as well and > while at it the dns prefetcher. > > On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 09:37:19AM +0000, Stuart Henderson wrote: > > As mentioned in http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=578019 > > browsers using ports/www/webkit make a dns request for . each > > time the mouse position changes. > > > > Chrome doesn't have this problem (it doesn't seem to have > > this code in its internal copy of webkit). > > > > I tracked down a patch in https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38263 > > which fixes this. It seems a bit of a hack (why is it bothering to > > look these up internally anyway?) but it's way better than what we > > have now. > > > > With the port diff below, I can now start xxxterm or midori, open a > > page, and move the mouse over the window, without sending hundreds or > > thousands of junk requests to the nameserver. > > > > If you're using this on a metered or slow internet connection it's > > quite an improvement... > > > > > > Index: Makefile > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: /cvs/ports/www/webkit/Makefile,v > > retrieving revision 1.41 > > diff -u -p -r1.41 Makefile > > --- Makefile 30 Dec 2010 17:55:32 -0000 1.41 > > +++ Makefile 14 Feb 2011 09:31:47 -0000 > > @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ COMMENT = open source web browser engine > > > > DISTNAME = webkit-1.2.6 > > EPOCH = 0 > > +REVISION = 0 > > CATEGORIES = www > > > > HOMEPAGE = http://webkitgtk.org/ > > Index: patches/patch-WebCore_platform_network_soup_DNSSoup_cpp > > =================================================================== > > RCS file: patches/patch-WebCore_platform_network_soup_DNSSoup_cpp > > diff -N patches/patch-WebCore_platform_network_soup_DNSSoup_cpp > > --- /dev/null 1 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0000 > > +++ patches/patch-WebCore_platform_network_soup_DNSSoup_cpp 14 Feb 2011 > > 09:31:47 -0000 > > @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ > > +$OpenBSD$ > > + > > +don't try and resolve DNS for . for every single mouse movement > > +in a browser window. from https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=38263 > > + > > +--- WebCore/platform/network/soup/DNSSoup.cpp.orig Sun Feb 13 17:45:39 2011 > > ++++ WebCore/platform/network/soup/DNSSoup.cpp Sun Feb 13 17:46:05 2011 > > +@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ namespace WebCore { > > + void prefetchDNS(const String& hostname) > > + { > > + #ifdef HAVE_LIBSOUP_2_29_90 > > ++ if (hostname.isEmpty()) > > ++ return; > > + String uri = "http://"+hostname; > > + GOwnPtr<SoupURI> soupURI(soup_uri_new(uri.utf8().data())); > > + // We may get invalid hostnames, so NULL-check here. > > >
