From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from out.smtp-auth.no-ip.com (out.smtp-auth.no-ip.com [8.23.224.60]) by hurricane.the-brannons.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id EE49F77ADC for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:15:50 -0700 (PDT) X-No-IP: carhart.net@noip-smtp X-Report-Spam-To: abuse@no-ip.com Received: from carhart.net (unknown [99.52.200.227]) (Authenticated sender: carhart.net@noip-smtp) by smtp-auth.no-ip.com (Postfix) with ESMTPA id 3E1F59B2C97 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:15:30 -0700 (PDT) Received: from carhart.net (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carhart.net (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id s5LMFTGs019902 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:15:29 -0700 Received: from localhost (kevin@localhost) by carhart.net (8.13.8/8.13.8/Submit) with ESMTP id s5LMFS6j019898 for ; Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:15:29 -0700 Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 15:15:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Kevin Carhart To: Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <20140407185427.eklhad@comcast.net> User-Agent: Alpine 2.03 (LRH 1266 2009-07-14) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Subject: Re: [Edbrowse-dev] about compiling 3.5.1 X-BeenThere: edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: Edbrowse Development List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 21 Jun 2014 22:15:51 -0000 Hi Chuck, Thank you for the notes on this, and the shell script! Kevin On Sat, 21 Jun 2014, Charles Hallenbeck wrote: > Kevin, > > My archlinux distro provides a js24 package that works with edbrowse > 3.5.1, as does Fedora and a growing list of other distros. Debian's > release does not yet work with edbrowse however. The team here mostly > worked with the mozjs24 from Mozilla until the supported packages came > along. I don't recall having difficulties compiling the Mozilla release, > but the others can be more helpful, I'm sjre. > > Chuck > > On Sat, 21 Jun 2014, Kevin Carhart wrote: > >> >> Hi all >> >> Wow, compiling the mozjs-24 has way more to it than in the past. I'm finally >> trying to do this. Lots of weird errors so far. Has anyone had difficulties >> with the python requirements? What do they need all of this python for? Oh >> well.. I guess I was spoiled by using old versions for a long time. >> >> If I want to try out things like parentNodes and attachEvent(), is 3.5.1 the >> earliest version where these are found? In other words, I have to go to >> mozjs-24 to get these js features? Or could I decouple these two things, give >> edbrowse a slightly older js but still be able to use the latest edbrowse? >> >> I'm on a 32-bit CentOS. I haven't been able to find mozjs-24 in package form, >> either from yum or hunting around the rpm search engines so I have to compile. >> I don't really know how out of date I am. Is 32-bit still OK or is it very >> ill-advised? ... if you happen to know. >> >> thank you! >> Kevin >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, 7 May 2014, Karl Dahlke wrote: >> >>>> Hello - I am Kevin - I appreciate being able to lurk on the list >>> >>> Please continue to read and post, it is quite helpful, >>> and perhaps you will join the development team if you find time. >>> >>> You may want to get and use 3.5.1, >>> even though that is not an official version release yet. >>> A lot of changes there; the required change of supporting mozjs 24, but also >>> new features. >>> One is attachEvent(), which you aluded to in your post. >>> This is plain js, not jquery, but jquery may well use this feature >>> to atttach events to actions. >>> So pages that would attach a javascript function to a click or a load >>> will now do something whereas they did nothing before. >>> >>> parentNode is also new; >>> I try to connect each node to its parent when created. >>> This is relevat to your description of the document tree, >>> and yes web js uses and expects and even modifies this tree all over the >>> place; >>> we have to support it! >>> If I am doing the parentnode properly, it would not be too hard >>> to add in the reverse logic to build the child node links. >>> Then write the functions to add new nodes >>> into the tree dynamically. >>> This is all moving forward, I think, >>> in the right direction, but slowly, >>> as it's just a couple of volunteers with some spare time. >>> Let me know if you can get, build, and use the latest, >>> and if you have further thoughts on design and development. >>> >>> Karl Dahlke >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Edbrowse-dev mailing list >>> Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com >>> http://lists.the-brannons.com/mailman/listinfo/edbrowse-dev >>> >> >> -------- >> Kevin Carhart * 415 225 5306 * The Ten Ninety Nihilists >> _______________________________________________ >> Edbrowse-dev mailing list >> Edbrowse-dev@lists.the-brannons.com >> http://lists.the-brannons.com/mailman/listinfo/edbrowse-dev >> > > -- > > Chuck in Ghent, northeast of Hudson on the Hudson. > -------- Kevin Carhart * 415 225 5306 * The Ten Ninety Nihilists