draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[David Crossley <cr...@indexgeo.com.au>]

Ken, this sounds great but i cannot see it yet.
Linux: ./build.sh forrestbar ... all OK
Edit preferences to enabled "Software Installation".
File Open: build/xml-forrest/forrestbar.xpi
followed the dialogs ... says install OK.

I tried every menu option and preferences but see
nothing forrest-like. I even tried re-start Mozilla.
Help please.
--David

Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote:
Subject: Re: cvs commit: xml-forrest/src/targets project.xtarget
> A bit more info on this:
> 
> nicolaken@apache.org wrote:
> > nicolaken    2002/06/20 03:13:45
> ...
> 
> >   Log:
> >   Added a forrest toolbar for Mozilla 1.0.
> >   
> >   to build it: build forrestbar
> >   
> >   To install it doubleclick on the forrestbar.xpi package in the build dir.
> >   To install a new version, do the same.
> >   To uninstall, do it by hand (Mozilla still doesn't have an uninstall system :-/)
> 
> This is a first shot of a Forrest Toolbar for Mozilla 1.0.
> The sources of it all are under resources/forrestbar.
> 
> What is needed now is:
> - feedback on what is missing-what is to remove
> - more complex feature requests
> - icons (yup, get workin', Bert :-)
> 
> There is no uninstall, because it has to be done by hand as with all 
> other current Mozilla tools.
> They haven't come round to making uninstall automatic AFAIK; when the 
> bar is agreed on, I might as well come round to making uninstall.
> 
> To upgrade, no problem: just run the install again (ie doubleclick on 
> the forrestbar.xpi) and the new version will supplant the old.
> 
> Anyway, it works, and there is also an icon of Sam Ruby (I think it's 
> him), that could point to the FAQs, which I call askSam ;-) or send a 
> mail to the mailing list.
> 
> Keep in mind that we can put all sorts of stuff there, and also come up 
> with a dialog to send documentation stuff...
> 
> Just try it and get your imagination working... :-)
> 
> -- 
> Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
>              - verba volant, scripta manent -
>     (discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
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Re: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[Bert Van Kets <be...@vankets.com>]

Must be your e-mail message that scared it into functionality.  I tried 
again and now it works.  Very strange.

I committed the new icons.  I'm not entirely happy about them, but I'm a 
bit limited in time right now.
I'll replace them with more modern 3D looking ones when time lets me.  I 
did not touch Sam's face.  I like that one. ;-)

Bert


At 21:23 23/06/2002 +0200, you wrote:

>Bert Van Kets wrote:
>>I have some icons ready.  Will commit soon.
>>Is the bar supposed to be functional?  I get the menu bar, but nothing 
>>happens when I select the menu items.
>
>:-?
>
>It works here...
>How did you install it in Mozilla?
>
>1. Mozilla 1.0
>2. build forrestbar
>3. install forrestbar.xpi
>4. restart Mozilla (you must see the splash screen)
>
>
>--
>Nicola Ken Barozzi                   nicolaken@apache.org
>             - verba volant, scripta manent -
>    (discussions get forgotten, just code remains)
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>

Re: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[Nicola Ken Barozzi <ni...@apache.org>]

Bert Van Kets wrote:
> I have some icons ready.  Will commit soon.
> Is the bar supposed to be functional?  I get the menu bar, but nothing 
> happens when I select the menu items.

:-?

It works here...
How did you install it in Mozilla?

1. Mozilla 1.0
2. build forrestbar
3. install forrestbar.xpi
4. restart Mozilla (you must see the splash screen)


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RE: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[Bert Van Kets <be...@vankets.com>]

I have some icons ready.  Will commit soon.
Is the bar supposed to be functional?  I get the menu bar, but nothing 
happens when I select the menu items.
Bert


At 11:29 23/06/2002 +0100, you wrote:
> > From: David Crossley [mailto:crossley@indexgeo.com.au]
> >
> > Forrest should have a community doc where we list such
> > tools as forrestbar, config files for XMetaL, etc.
>
>Links on [the front|a] page of the docs?
>
>J.

RE: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[John Morrison <jo...@ntlworld.com>]

> From: David Crossley [mailto:crossley@indexgeo.com.au]
>
> Forrest should have a community doc where we list such
> tools as forrestbar, config files for XMetaL, etc.

Links on [the front|a] page of the docs?

J.

Re: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[David Crossley <cr...@indexgeo.com.au>]

Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: 
> David Crossley wrote:
> > Ken, this sounds great but i cannot see it yet.
> > Linux: ./build.sh forrestbar ... all OK
> > Edit preferences to enabled "Software Installation".
> > File Open: build/xml-forrest/forrestbar.xpi
> > followed the dialogs ... says install OK.
> > 
> > I tried every menu option and preferences but see
> > nothing forrest-like. I even tried re-start Mozilla.
> 
> Hmmm...
> 
> On W2k and Mozilla 1.0 it works on my system...
> The thing one must be sure of is that the Mozilla quicklaunch must also 
> be restarted for changes to have effect.
> The rule of the thumb on my system is that if I see the Mozilla logo, it 
> has restarted correctly.
> 
> Look under the chrome dir in the Mozilla installation.
> 
> You should see the forrestbar.jar and have it listed with something like
>    <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:package:forrestbar" ...
> 
> in chrome.rdf and in installed-chrome.txt.
> 
> If it's there, it's installed, so it should show if you restart...

Got it now, thanks Ken. Your tips helped me to track it
down to a file permissions issue with
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.0.0/chrome/
Even though the XPI install said all was OK, it was not.

Now i see it. This is excellent.

Forrest should have a community doc where we list such
tools as forrestbar, config files for XMetaL, etc.
--David

Re: draft forrest toolbar for Mozilla

[Nicola Ken Barozzi <ni...@apache.org>]

David Crossley wrote:
> Ken, this sounds great but i cannot see it yet.
> Linux: ./build.sh forrestbar ... all OK
> Edit preferences to enabled "Software Installation".
> File Open: build/xml-forrest/forrestbar.xpi
> followed the dialogs ... says install OK.
> 
> I tried every menu option and preferences but see
> nothing forrest-like. I even tried re-start Mozilla.

Hmmm...

On W2k and Mozilla 1.0 it works on my system...
The thing one must be sure of is that the Mozilla quicklaunch must also 
be restarted for changes to have effect.
The rule of the thumb on my system is that if I see the Mozilla logo, it 
has restarted correctly.

Look under the chrome dir in the Mozilla installation.

You should see the forrestbar.jar and have it listed with something like
   <RDF:Description about="urn:mozilla:package:forrestbar" ...

in chrome.rdf and in installed-chrome.txt.

If it's there, it's installed, so it should show if you restart...

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