From: Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>
To: "Alan E. Davis" <lngndvs@gmail.com>
Cc: "[Orgmode] Mailinglist" <emacs-orgmode@gnu.org>
Subject: Re: org-annotation mode version 0.4
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:04:20 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <24DDD206-4EC7-491A-B3D3-8171C8C0E047@uva.nl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890903071841i24c60b16v228c26fb6a5db9f5@mail.gmail.com>
Hi Alan,
if you find making a patch hard, just send me a modified version.
Even better, write a better version of
http://orgmode.org/worg/org-contrib/org-annotation-helper.php
Do you know how to use worg in order to modify this file?
- Carsten
On Mar 8, 2009, at 3:41 AM, Alan E. Davis wrote:
> I have installed this new version three times. Using your faq.html
> was more straightforward. When I tried it by hand, I failed. I
> have taken the liberty to edit a copy of org-annotation-helper.el in
> my git repository of org-mode. I have tried to clarify the
> explanation of how to get this tool running. When I figure out how
> to make a patch, I will attempt that. Meanwhile, the explanation
> for Firefox 3 can use some clarifcation, as follows:
>
> ;; Step 3: Browser set-up - add the protocol handlers for the
> ;; "remember://" and "annotation://" URIs.
> ;;
> ;; [Firefox]
> ;;
> ;; To add a protocol handler (eg: remember://) in Firefox, take the
> ;; following steps:
> ;;
> ;; * For Firefox 2 and 3, type "about:config" in the location bar.
> ;;
> ;; [What happens in Firefox 2?]
> ;;
> ;; * In firefox 3, you will will receive a warning: you will have to
> ;; click on "I'll be careful, I promise!" A screen will appear
> with a
> ;; list of
> ;;
> ;; Right click on the screen anywhere to get the pop-up menu.
> ;; Select New --> String.
>
> ;; A window will appear titled "New String Value".
> ;; You are asked to "Enter the preference name."
> ;; In the field enter "network.protocol-handler.app.remember".
> ;; The window appears again, with a title "Enter String Value."
> ;; A text message says "network.protocol-handler.app.remember"
> with a
> ;; blue diamond to the left with a "?" (question mark).
> ;; Enter as the value, the name of the shell script. In GNU/
> Linux is
> ;; unnecessary to include the path.
> ;;
> ;; * Lather, rinse, repeat for the annotation protocol. The string to
> ;; add is, in this case, "network.protocol-handler.app.annotation",
> ;; The value will be the same script name as above, "org-
> annotation-helper".
> ;;
> ;; [I am uncertain what the next means. Does this mean you
> HAVE TO
> ;; use a file selection protocol to navigate to the script?
> Does it
> ;; mean that you can OPTIONALLY edit the about:config list, or
> that this is
> ;; the appropriate next action?]
> ;;
> ;; | In Firefox 3, when you first click on the button associated
> with
> ;; | the bookmarklet, you should get a pop-up asking if you'd like
> to
> ;; | associate the bookmarklet with a particular file. Use the
> ;; | file-select process to navigate to the org-annotation-helper
> ;; | script and select it. You can still edit the about:config
> ;; | list directly as in Firefox 2.
> ;;
> ;; * the value should be the name of the file containing the shell
> ;; script, e.g. in Step 1, we called it "org-annotation-helper".
> ;; At least under Linux this does not need to be the full path to
> ;; the script.
> ;;
> ;;
> ;; You should have two new entries like this:
> ;;
> ;; network.protocol-handler.app.annotation user set string <path>
> ;; network.protocol-handler.app.remember user set string <path>
> ;;
> ;; where <path> is the location where org-annotation-helper is
> ;; for example, in my case it is /home/dmg/bin/org-annotation-helper
>
> ;; See http://kb.mozillazine.org/Register_protocol for more details.
> ;;
>
> I don't know the procedure for Firefox 2, but perhaps they should be
> clearly differentiated, or not at all. I, at least, need the extra
> clarification, as I stumbled over the instructions every time I have
> installed org-annotation-helper, version 0.3 and version 0.4.
>
> The package you provided as an attachment to the list is far easier
> to install, and less problematical. I suggest, once again, that in
> contrib, this entire package would best be included under packages.
>
>
> Thank you for this package. It works.
>
> Alan
>
>
> --
> Alan Davis
>
> "An inviscid theory of flow renders the screw useless, but the need
> for one non-existent." ---Lord Raleigh (John
> William Strutt), or else his son, who was also a scientist.
>
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> there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true.
> ---- Bertrand Russell
>
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Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2009-02-24 21:05 org-annotation mode version 0.4 Daniel M German
2009-02-25 12:51 ` Carsten Dominik
[not found] ` <7bef1f890903030109j19f8ff13r53f957dcfa77137c@mail.gmail.com>
2009-03-04 3:16 ` Alan E. Davis
2009-03-08 2:41 ` Alan E. Davis
2009-03-08 7:04 ` Carsten Dominik [this message]
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