[udig-devel] Re: Info view oddities

[Jody Garnett]

If possible can we keep the page for documentation about stuff we know?
And use the bug tracker to answer the other questions. My concern is this
page may not be touched again before the next release.

Jody

Andrea Antonello wrote:
> Thanks Jody,
> I added some nice questions for which I do not have a good answer. They
> represent some problems I had on Linux. Maybe someone has an answer for
> them.
>
> Ciao
> Andrea
>
>
>
>
> Jody Garnett probaly wrote:
>   
>> 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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