From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: org-annotation mode version 0.4 Date: Sun, 8 Mar 2009 08:04:20 +0100 Message-ID: <24DDD206-4EC7-491A-B3D3-8171C8C0E047@uva.nl> References: <87tz6j5yvq.fsf@uvic.ca> <7bef1f890903030109j19f8ff13r53f957dcfa77137c@mail.gmail.com> <7bef1f890903031916ic1357c3se00754d84b66b2e8@mail.gmail.com> <7bef1f890903071841i24c60b16v228c26fb6a5db9f5@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v930.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgD3g-0007xv-Dj for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:04:24 -0400 Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1LgD3f-0007xi-OA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:04:23 -0400 Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=46089 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1LgD3f-0007xf-Hz for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:04:23 -0400 Received: from ey-out-1920.google.com ([74.125.78.150]:37109) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1LgD3e-0002UN-Tr for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Sun, 08 Mar 2009 03:04:23 -0400 Received: by ey-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so113716eyg.24 for ; Sat, 07 Mar 2009 23:04:21 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <7bef1f890903071841i24c60b16v228c26fb6a5db9f5@mail.gmail.com> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: "Alan E. Davis" Cc: "[Orgmode] Mailinglist" 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 > ;; network.protocol-handler.app.remember user set string > ;; > ;; where 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. > > It is undesirable to believe a proposition when > there is no ground whatsoever for supposing it is true. > ---- Bertrand Russell > > > _______________________________________________ > Emacs-orgmode mailing list > Remember: use `Reply All' to send replies to the list. > Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/emacs-orgmode