Re: (no subject)

On Mon, 2007-06-18 at 15:38 +1000, Andrew Lowe wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:07:01 Vlad Blanton wrote:
> > <snip>
> >
> > > If anyone can think of an action to handle ies4linux - they could post it
> > > to the list - and perhaps post to Hot New Stuff...  :-)
> >
> > Absolutely please do!  I agree with you about just opening the browser.
> > I found it easiest to open a window in some browser (firefox/konqi, etc)
> > copy the address into ie and put a Z: in front of the address. Works
> > fast enough for me.  Messing with the quanta scripts didn't work for me
> > because of the aforementioned KURL "feature".  trimming is probably the
> > best way, but I don't really have the skills to do it at the moment :(.
> >
> > Vlad
> >
> 
> OK I made this work for ies4linux....

Thanks Andrew! I appreciate the time you spent on this.

Vlad

> 
> You do have to edit the externalpreview.sh script in quanta's scripts 
> directory (locate externalpreview.sh should help you find the location).
> I will attach the file with changes....
> 
> Basically I have written a new rule that if the browser starts with ie, remove 
> the file:// and add a z:\ to the url.  This should work with local files... 
> 
> Next, just copy the action for open in Firefox, replacing firefox with ie6 (or 
> whatever version you want), and remove the tab argument.
> 
> Attached is the new externalpreview.sh and the configure actions screenshot 
> for ie6. Put a diff between versions of externalpreview.sh at the bottom of 
> the body of this email too...
> 
> Hope this helps everyone out there.... it is not fully tested - seems to work 
> with a file in my user directory (file:///home/alowe/test.html) with both ie6 
> and ie5.5 - but I have not extensively tested this as I do not do that much 
> with straight html - so you might want too...
> 
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