Re: [udig-devel] Re: Info view oddities

[Andrea Antonello <andrea.antonello@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Peter,
I will start a page, but since this is for the whole community I would
like to ask Jody or someone else to point me to thr ight place to start
on it. I will then take over the page and add the first issues.

Andrea



Peter N. Schweitzer probaly wrote:
> Andrea Antonello wrote:
>> excuse me, but I don't understand very well and I'm interested since I
>> run on Linux and Udig freezes from time to time.
>> I assumed that it is because of the disabling of advanced graphics at
>> the begin.
>>
>> I would be very willing to create a wiki page with all the possible
>> linux related issues and how to solve them, if we are able to collect
>> the different problem.
> 
>> Ron Bentley probaly wrote:
>>> Solution to two uDig 1.1-RC10a installs on Debian Etch where one would
>>> not display the info view:
>>>
>>> Install Mozilla 1.7.12 *for GTK2 and Xft* from Mozilla's list of
>>> releases (http://www.mozilla.org/releases/).
>>>
>>> Sorry to disturb the list -- must beat head longer before posting dumb
>>> questions.
>>>
>>> As a caution to others, though, the default "Iceape" package on Debian
>>> stable -- the re-branded Mozilla browser -- does not appear to work for
>>> the info viewer (though it works fine with the help).  The earlier
>>> mozilla-browser packages did (before Etch went stable).
> 
> Andrea,
> 
> It would be a great service for you to start such a page.  Please let us
> know its address!
> 
> Regarding the info window, I have the same problem; By installing
> seamonkey I can get help, but I don't ever get the info window.
> 
> It seems to me that if uDig needs to invoke an external browser,
> then we will need to know how to build this browser, it's not a
> good idea to require that people run an out-of-date web browser.
> So perhaps what we need to write on the wiki page is the configure
> options to specify when building the browser from source.  Firefox would
> be the best choice if possible because it is most actively
> supported; mozilla itself has essentially stopped, continuing on
> as SeaMonkey.
> 
> Peter