Re: Netscape
>>If nobody is working on the Netscape package, I could do it, but I don't
>>really understand all about the XKEYSYM and nls settings. Preferrably,
>>these would be automatic or part of the X distribution.
>
>Could you? I've been *swamped* with work (grad school) recently and
>haven't made much progress on packages recently.
Me and my big mouth... <grin> Okay, I'll try to take a look at it
this week.
>1. Netscape is hardcoded with some rather annoying paths, and there is
>no good mechanism (yet) to install global Environment variables to
>override these.
Hmmm... Patching the binary shouldn't be too difficult as long as
the new paths are no longer than the old paths.
>2. Looks for stuff in /usr/local (which I would say would be okay if
>not a debian package)
See #1
>3. Looks for stuff in /X386. Arg. With the exception, everything you
>need to get it running is already in the 'motifnls' package
Ohhh... That could be more difficult.
>For starts, heres the procedure I use on local machines to install it
>(on a 'new' 0.93R6 partition):
>
>1. unpack .tar.gz
>2. make sure 'motifnls' package is installed.
>3. Make sure /usr/X386 is a link to /usr/X11R6 (ick, I know...)
>4. move netscape to /usr/local/bin
>5. move moz2_0.zip to /usr/local/netscape/java/classes
Unzip moz2_0 in .../java/classes?
Brian
( bcwhite@bnr.ca )
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