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Re: Galeon problem/ advanced txt prob

What's the difference between "testing" and "woody"?  So far I've upgraded
somewhat to testing.  At least my sources say "testing."

rod wrote:

> As far as I know the advanced text editor is kwrite. I just
> right-clicked on a text file in the konqueror window and I don't have
> the 'advanced text editor' option. As for breaking gdm I've upgraded kde
> to 2.2.2 and my gdm works just fine. Or should I say the way it has
> worked since I last updated some ximian packages.
>
> You could use the kde menu editor to check to see what program is
> executed when the advanced text editor is selected. After I did the kde
> update I still had the advanced text editor icon on my 'task bar' but it
> would work saying something to the effect it couldn't find kwrite.
>
> I know for sure in kde 1.x that the advanced text editor was kwrite
> because it was broken.
>
> I have a text file here with a list of programs I've upgraded to woody
> listing the upgrade sequence and subsequent problems. Your welcome to a
> copy. One other person on the list perused this text file to upgrade kde
> without problems that I know of. Of course there are no guarantees.
>
> Rod
>
> Cyberclops wrote:
> >
> > I don't think the advanced text editor that is launched from konqueror when
> > you "right click" is Kwrite.  It's just an advanced text editor that is
> > able to use the muse like a Macintosh.  It's very valuable.  The question
> > is how do I fix the problem, and it I upgrade KDE will it take out my "gdm"
> > log on?  I know a lot of people have complained about losing gdm after some
> > sort of update, but I don't know the exact problem or circumstances.  It's
> > possible to use "mc" in place of the advanced text editor, but I would
> > still like to have the advanced text editor working.
> >
> > rod wrote:
> >
> > > Not 100% sure but isn't the kde advanced text editor actually kwrite. If
> > > so then I lost it when I upgraded to kde 2.2.2. Apparently it's no
> > > longer maintained and has been removed from kde.
> > >
> > > If some of your kde packages where updated then this is probably why it
> > > doesn't work.
> > >
> > > Rod
> > >
> > > Cyberclops wrote:
> > > >
> > > > I had that very same problem, but I got it solved last night when I
> > > > upgraded to "testing" and then installed "galeon from Ben Hall's
> > > > site.  THe only thing that went wrong after that was that KDE's
> > > > advanced text editor always crashes when launched but at least I have
> > > > Galeon and spell checking also works.  Here are the sources I used:
> > > >
> > > > #Libranet
> > > >  deb https://libranetlinux.com updates/
> > > >
> > > >  #Debian
> > > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
> > > >
> > > > #Debian Non-US
> > > > deb http://non-us.debian.org/ testing/non-US main  contrib non-free
> > > >
> > > > # Moses.cx Potato Packages (Galeon, Sylpheed and more)
> > > > deb http://www.moses.cx/files stable main
> > > >
> > > > Everything else was commented out (#)
> > > >
> > > > Now who knows what to do about the KDE / advanced text editor problem?
> > > >
> > > > Peter Herissone-Kelly wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > Hi
> > > > >
> > > > > I've just installed the deb package of galeon. When I try to launch
> > > > > the
> > > > > app, I get a message that says:
> > > > >
> > > > > "Cannot find a schema for galeon preferences. Check your gconf
> > > > > setup, look
> > > > > at galeon FAQ for more info."
> > > > >
> > > > > The galeon FAQ tells me to run a script from galeon's source
> > > > > directory.
> > > > > The script is nowhere to be found on my hd. Despite the "cannot find
> > > > > a
> > > > > schema" complaint, I do have a file called
> > > > > /etc/gconf/schemas/galeon.schemas. What do I need to do?
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks
> > > > >
> > > > > Peter
> > > > >
> > > > > --
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