From owner-freebsd-ports@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 1 12:09:14 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F200516A4C0 for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:09:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mail3.panix.com (mail3.panix.com [166.84.1.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B564343F3F for ; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 12:09:12 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from stanb@panix.com) Received: from panix.com (brillig.panix.com [166.84.1.76]) by mail3.panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8520D9859A; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:09:08 -0400 (EDT) Received: from teddy.fas.com (pcp01010374pcs.mplsnt01.sc.comcast.net [68.58.176.69]) by panix.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1E2BF2AA10; Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:09:06 -0400 (EDT) Received: from stan by teddy.fas.com with local (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 19tu30-0007cN-00; Mon, 01 Sep 2003 15:09:06 -0400 Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2003 15:09:06 -0400 From: stan To: Glenn Johnson Message-ID: <20030901190906.GB29213@teddy.fas.com> Mail-Followup-To: Glenn Johnson , FreeBSD Ports List References: <20030901174234.GA27192@teddy.fas.com> <20030901181005.GA850@gforce.johnson.home> <20030901183550.GB28321@teddy.fas.com> <20030901190058.GA709@gforce.johnson.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030901190058.GA709@gforce.johnson.home> X-Editor: gVim X-Operating-System: Debian GNU/Linux X-Kernel-Version: 2.4.21 X-Uptime: 15:05:36 up 18 days, 8:02, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: Stan Brown cc: FreeBSD Ports List Subject: Re: Galeon2 open menu question X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2003 19:09:15 -0000 On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:00:58PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 02:35:50PM -0400, stan wrote: > > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:10:05PM -0500, Glenn Johnson wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 01, 2003 at 01:42:34PM -0400, stan wrote: > > > > > > > I"m trying to set up a machine using Gnome2. One of the chages > > > > (aparently) is that I seem to need to be running "Galen2" Well, > > > > like a lot of the other gnome 2 stuff it seems to be sunstainly > > > > less featurfull than the Gnome 1.4 stuff I' acustomed to, > > > > > > > > So, on to a specif question. When I type "CTRL O" in Galeon (the > > > > original, I get a nice URL entry popup. In Gnome 2 I get (believe > > > > it ot not) a FILE open window. Last time I check this application > > > > was a WWW browser, not a file manager (like I need one of those > > > > ?). > > > > > > > > So, can I change this behavior? > > > > > > You want to type "CTRL-L". This is pretty much the standard > > > shortcut to enter a URL, even IE uses "CTRL-L" > > > > Thanks for the fast reply. > > > > Unfortunately typing "CTRL-L" in the version I built from ports this > > weekend does nthing. Is this configurable? Is it possible that I need > > to turn it on somehow? I notice that this action is not listed in the > > "File" pulldown menu either, if that tells you anything? > > What "CTRL-L" will do (in galeon2) is highlight the existing URL in the > navigation bar and put the keyboard focus there so that whatever you > type will replace it. It will not open a dialog box. > > So, type "CTRL-L", enter your URL, press ENTER, and the page should load > up. > That seesm (to me) to be an _almost_ useless feature. Thanks for educating me. Any sugestiosn as to a differrent browser to change to to get back to the functionality Galeon used to have? -- "They that would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin