Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2010-10-17 Thread Sam Morris
I think all that is needed is to allow the program launched by the browser launch script (firefox/iceweasel/chromium-browser) some time to load the generated files before they are removed. Untested patch: --- src/man.c.orig 2010-10-17 17:18:39.316771588 +0100 +++ src/man.c

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2010-10-17 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Oct 17, 2010 at 05:21:47PM +0100, Sam Morris wrote: I think all that is needed is to allow the program launched by the browser launch script (firefox/iceweasel/chromium-browser) some time to load the generated files before they are removed. Ew. I'd really like something that doesn't

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2009-09-19 Thread Javier Serrano Polo
You can't see images with man... sure, why would you want to do that? What manpage includes images? In HTML, tables are represented with tables. Fix whatever is generating images instead. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe.

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2009-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 09:44:39PM +0200, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: You can't see images with man... sure, why would you want to do that? What manpage includes images? In HTML, tables are represented with tables. Fix whatever is generating images instead. Regrettably, groff's HTML backend

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2009-09-19 Thread Javier Serrano Polo
No image inlining, browser detection (JavaScript...) or some kind of user override, then... On file systems with access time you may check if images have been accessed, with corresponding timeouts. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2009-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
On Sat, Sep 19, 2009 at 11:55:21PM +0200, Javier Serrano Polo wrote: No image inlining, browser detection (JavaScript...) or some kind of user override, then... I don't think this is really directly relevant to this bug on man-db. If you want to work on extending groff's HTML backend, which has

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-08 Thread Josip Rodin
On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 11:54:36PM +, Colin Watson wrote: when I use `man -Hfirefox man' to see manpage in firefox, I can't see the image. I think man delete the images right after the browser return. I just saw the same... it looks like the whole /tmp/tempdir goes missing the

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-08 Thread Colin Watson
On Mon, Dec 08, 2008 at 10:06:56AM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: On Sat, Dec 06, 2008 at 11:54:36PM +, Colin Watson wrote: I really can't see any obvious way to fix this. I don't think it's good to leave temporary file litter lying around, But it's in the /tmp directory. Nobody else really

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:51:38AM +0800, LI Daobing (李道兵) wrote: On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:50:07PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: I just saw the same... it looks like the whole /tmp/tempdir goes missing the moment the

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-07 Thread LI Daobing (李道兵)
On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:51:38AM +0800, LI Daobing (李道兵) wrote: On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:50:07PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: I just saw the same... it

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-07 Thread Colin Watson
On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:19:22PM +0800, LI Daobing (李道兵) wrote: On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 5:14 PM, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Dec 07, 2008 at 11:51:38AM +0800, LI Daobing (李道兵) wrote: How about embed the images into html? Err, so how do you do that then? :-) The only

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-06 Thread Colin Watson
severity 335411 wishlist tags 335411 help thanks On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:50:07PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: LI Daobing wrote: when I use `man -Hfirefox man' to see manpage in firefox, I can't see the image. I think man delete the images right after the browser return. I just saw the

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-12-06 Thread LI Daobing (李道兵)
Hello, On Sun, Dec 7, 2008 at 7:54 AM, Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: severity 335411 wishlist tags 335411 help thanks On Sun, Mar 16, 2008 at 11:50:07PM +0100, Josip Rodin wrote: LI Daobing wrote: when I use `man -Hfirefox man' to see manpage in firefox, I can't see the image. I

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2008-03-16 Thread Josip Rodin
Hi, LI Daobing wrote: when I use `man -Hfirefox man' to see manpage in firefox, I can't see the image. I think man delete the images right after the browser return. I just saw the same... it looks like the whole /tmp/tempdir goes missing the moment the browser is forked. The -H mode gets

Bug#335411: man-db: 'man -Hfirefox man', can't see the image

2005-10-23 Thread LI Daobing
Package: man-db Version: 2.4.3-3 Severity: normal Hello, when I use `man -Hfirefox man' to see manpage in firefox, I can't see the image. I think man delete the images right after the browser return. -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable APT prefers unstable APT