[udig-devel] Re: Info view oddities

[Jody Garnett]

Here is the page started:
- http://udig.refractions.net/confluence/display/EN/Running+uDig

For the next release it will show up in online help Tasks > Running uDig

Jody
> 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
>>     
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