From owner-freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 6 23:27:47 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: gnome@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-gnome@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8CF3616A409 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from centrmmtao05.cox.net (centrmmtao05.cox.net [70.168.83.79]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 22C6813C442 for ; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 23:27:45 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mezz7@cox.net) Received: from eastrmimpo01.cox.net ([68.1.16.119]) by centrmmtao05.cox.net (InterMail vM.6.01.06.03 201-2131-130-104-20060516) with ESMTP id <20070206232744.UIGQ21006.centrmmtao05.cox.net@eastrmimpo01.cox.net>; Tue, 6 Feb 2007 18:27:44 -0500 Received: from mezz.mezzweb.com ([24.255.149.218]) by eastrmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id LPTj1W00k4iy4EG0000000; Tue, 06 Feb 2007 18:27:43 -0500 Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:29:21 -0600 To: crs@swcp.com From: "Jeremy Messenger" Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=us-ascii MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <200702062320.l16NKAqO071975@sorsby.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <200702062320.l16NKAqO071975@sorsby.org> User-Agent: Opera Mail/9.10 (Linux) Cc: gnome@freebsd.org Subject: Re: seamonkey 1.1 X-BeenThere: freebsd-gnome@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: GNOME for FreeBSD -- porting and maintaining List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2007 23:27:47 -0000 On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 17:20:10 -0600, Charlie Sorsby wrote: >> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 16:20:01 -0600, Charlie Sorsby >> wrote: >> >> > Hello, >> > >> > Is seamonkey available either as a source distribution (*.tar.gz) >> > or a binary that will build or run on freeBSD 4.11? >> >> http://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-ports/2007-February/038421.html >> >> You are pretty much on your own. No one of us support FreeBSD 4.x. > > I shall repeat one of my questions that should os/version > independent. You seem to have overlooked it: Yes, I did. >> > Since this address is "gnome@FreeBSD.org" is that an indication >> > that one must run gnome in order to use seamonkey? > > Is gnome required or not? No, unless you enable the SMB support (gnome-vfs). Cheers, Mezz >> Cheers, >> Mezz > > Thanks. > > Charlie > >> > Since this address is "gnome@FreeBSD.org" is that an indication >> > that one must run gnome in order to use seamonkey? >> > >> > I use a simple window manager (fvwm2 -- would be using fvwm but it >> > went away when I updated to 4.11) or so it appeared in the post- >> > install menus. Only found the original in the ports collection >> > after I'd gone to the trouble of redoing my configuration file. >> > I'm afraid that I don't like the elaborate (and accordingly >> > *large*) "environments" like gnome and kde. >> > >> > So, is it possible to run seamonkey on freeBSD 4.11 (XF86 4.4.0)? >> > >> > If not, can you suggest a good browser. I have opera which is >> > mostly OK and I have a version of mozilla which seems to work on >> > those sites where opera doesn't. The trouble with mozilla is that >> > I haven't figured out how to convince it to accept ^H (i.e. >> > control-H) as a synonym for the backspace key and a few similar >> > control-key alternatives that don't require that I either have >> > six-inch fingers or leave the home keys to delete a character and >> > such. I don't know how many times I've had to close that bloody >> > history windoe because my fingers have learnt in a quarter century >> > of using Unix that ^H *should* work as the character-erase >> > character. >> > >> > So -- what say ye? >> > >> > Charlie -- mezz7@cox.net - mezz@FreeBSD.org FreeBSD GNOME Team - FreeBSD Multimedia Hat (ports, not src) http://www.FreeBSD.org/gnome/ - gnome@FreeBSD.org http://wiki.freebsd.org/multimedia - multimedia@FreeBSD.org