Micha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I'm playing with the dontget replacements, and noted the following.
>
> I configured wwwoffle.conf to use replacment-default.gif for any
> replacments, and it works.
>
> /var/cache/wwwoffle/local/dontget/replacement-default.gif is a
> symlink pointing to ./replacements/replacement12.gif. Now i point
> this link to another picture, replacement16.gif, and reload the
> actual webpage in the browser. But i see ust the same replacment
> picture as before.
> Now i restart wwwoffle - again, no change. I also tried the
> shift+reload thing, and stop / start wwwoffle.
>
> The browser (galeon) lets me open the picture seperately, under the
> right name, but it shows the 'old' content. Only closing the
> browser, and launching again, shows the desired effect.
> So i guess this is an example for RAM caching ?
> I still would like to undertsnad it better, at least, if it's a
> browser feature or kernelspace.
> (galeon 1.3.19 and linux 2.4.x as well as 2.6.8-12)
I would guess that this is the browser that is not doing the right
thing on a forced refresh. WWWOFFLE does not do any caching of local
images and I really don't think that it is a kernel problem. If you
looked at the WWWOFFLE log you would be able to see if and when the
browser made a re-request.
> pps. Andrew, replacments scale at all ? Couldn't wwwoffle disbale scaling ?
> I you like to preserve the öayout, perhaps wwwoffle could apply the
> scale to a borderless invisible element (like a table cell) and
> place the replacment inside this, centered, unscaled ?
This could be done, but it isn't. Doing this has problems if the
image that you are replacing is only 1 pixel square, any 1 pixel
square table with an image in it is going to look strange. You will
also get problems where images are used as padding and are not
intended to be visible.
> But i think small pix instead of scaled up ones will be a benefit.
> It would look much better, IMHO, and i could choose many nice pix,
> like flowers, or animals.
I personally prefer not to see anything.
--
Andrew.
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Andrew M. Bishop [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/
WWWOFFLE users page:
http://www.gedanken.demon.co.uk/wwwoffle/version-2.8/user.html
