Re: Netsurf Programming

Forgot to CC the list earlier.

On Apr 19, 2016 7:36 PM, "Ashish Gupta" <ashmew2@gmail.com> wrote:
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> Hi Larry.
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> Yes the project is alive! (The last release was on 14th April 2016, 5 days ago).
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> Are you building on a Linux platform? You mentioned an OpenSuse variant earlier .
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> I had some problems when I first tried to build Netsurf as well, but I was able to build it manually along with all the libraries :
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> http://source.netsurf-browser.org/netsurf.git/tree/Docs/BUILDING-GTK#n21
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> Follow the guide till the end, making adjustments for your environment when necessary.
> If you get stuck again, feel free to post the output (compile error log) and I can take a look at it.
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> Regards,
> ashmew2
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> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 7:51 PM, Larry Hatfield <larry.hatfield@hwatech.com> wrote:
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>> Ashish,
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>> Thanks for the welcome note. I was beginning to wonder whether the project was still being maintained. To that end, I did start down the path with another browser and have many hours now into customizing it for my needs. I am still interested in the project and I'll get connected in as much as I can. 
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>> One disheartening thing is that I can not get the source to compile. I've resolved all dependencies and followed directions but I simply can't build it. That was another reason I assumed it had been abandoned...
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>> I was able to find an old binary install and gave it a try, but it was quite old and had many bugs/shortcomings, I'm sure it's much better now.
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>> If you happen to have another source of build instructions I would definately try again.
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>> Larry
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>> On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 5:06 AM, Ashish Gupta <ashmew2@gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> Hi Larry!
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>>> Disclaimer - I'm not an official Netsurf developer.
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>>> Welcome to the community.
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>>> In case you haven't already, I think joining #netsurf on Freenode IRC is a good way to get in touch with the devs actively.
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>>> You should check out http://www.netsurf-browser.org/developers/
>>> And there's always the bug tracker : http://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/my_view_page.php
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>>> In case you feel it's a bit quiet, don't be disheartened : ) Patience is key.
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>>> Happy hacking!
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>>> Regards,
>>> ashmew2
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>>> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 3:58 PM, Larry Hatfield <larry.hatfield@hwatech.com> wrote:
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>>>> Hello,
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>>>> I would like to become involved in the netsurf project. Over my 30 years as a developer, I've focused largely on Xlib programming and making things lean and fast. Most recently I've been developing windows software for the agriculture industry. 
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>>>> I've just recently gotten back to my true passion, unix development, and I found your browser project as I was looking for packages to add to a distro I'm trying to build based on opensuse and I was intrigued.  Your description of the software is very much what I believe in so it's a good match I think.
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>>>> I see you are working on a windows version that I would be happy to contribute to or anything else you might need help with.
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>>>> I'm very much into the free/opensource thing, but my present company offering is a commercial product (a guy's gotta eat...)
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>>>> (ps My first thought about netsurf was to get in onto a raspi, but maybe you've already done that, I love those little powerhouses)
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>>>> Let me know,
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>>>> Larry Hatfield
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