Re: org-annotation mode version 0.4

[Carsten Dominik <dominik@science.uva.nl>]

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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