Date: Fri, 8 Jan 1999 22:46:02 -0800 (PST) From: Mike Meyer <mwm@phone.net> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: find/search a string in Netscape Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.05.9901082242430.24360-100000@guru.phone.net> In-Reply-To: <19990109174156.E5652@caamora.com.au>
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On Sat, 9 Jan 1999, jonathan michaels wrote: > Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1999 17:41:56 +1100 > From: jonathan michaels <jon@caamora.com.au> > To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: find/search a string in Netscape > > On Fri, Jan 08, 1999 at 10:19:58PM -0800, Mike Meyer wrote: > > > I've worked with Arena, and used it as my default GUI browser in the > > past (it has *by far* the most readable presentation I've seen in a > > web browser), but development stopped. > > yes, and ... > > not stoped, devolved to that yggdrssil crowd for continuation on linux specific > platforms. a shame realy i was getting to like, inspite of its 'unrelible' > nature on my x windowing system (its a local problem that need more brain that > i can muster to solve). Ah, I missed that. How about running it on FreeBSD as a Linux binary? > > I took a brief look a building Amaya on NetBSD, then got > > how did it compare with arena, look and feel isues,tools availability ? Never got it working. The distraction was the FreeBSD box :-). The NetBSD box is still there, but slated to be replaced by a FreeBSD one. > i'm trying establish if its worth the effort, so to speak. > > > distracted. It's on the list of things to look at for FreeBSD, but > > there are a lot of other things to do as well. Do you have a working > > not yet, i've just had a techo problem explained to me. i used to thing all > elf need to run on an elf based system. it appears that most linux apps are > elf based and will run in teh freebsd linux emulator. with this in mind i will > downlaod teh files, since my last look thye now have linux binaries .. what > can i loose .. my p6 and my hard disk .. grin. > > > version of Amaya for FreeBSD? Love to see it in /usr/ports! > > me too, the toth editor looks really promicing, especiallly when incorporated > into amaya. sadly i won't be the porter, i have enough problems with csh > scripts and as such c code mangling is beyound me. > > regards and thx Well, please report back how these things go! Arena under modern development would be welcome. And even if it works, I'd certainly be interested in Amaya/Thoth. Proably won't replace psgml for creating documents, but using it for doing style sheets and quick fixes could certainly be great. <mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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