[Conkeror] Questions about features

[Jeremy Maitin-Shepard]

Nathan Huesken <con at lonely-star.org> writes:

> Hello together,
> I am just trying out conkeror. I love the Idea but I have some trouble  
> adjusting:

> - Is there a way to access the normal firefox menu? If I i.E. want to  
> change my preference and extensions or view my donwloads, I need it.

I believe you can use M-x firefox to open the normal firefox chrome in a
new window.  However, this in general should not be necessary.  The
preferences menu can be accessed using M-x customize, and the extensions
menu can be accessed using M-x extensions.

> - I miss my tabbar. Not for changing tabs but I miss seeing what pages  
> I have currently opened. Is there a way to have a list (or something  
> similar) of open webpages at all time?

You can use C-x C-b to display a list of the open buffers (tabs).

> - When I am in a text box or a text field, I can not enter numbered  
> links (the typed number just goes into the text field) and I can not  
> scroll (C-n). I could leave the textfield using tab, but some webpages  
> have lots of textfield on them

You can type ESC to remove focus from the input field.  There is
essentially no real way any web browser interface can get around this
problem, although we hope to shortly provide (in a new version of
conkeror) a prominent indicator that conkeror is in a sort of "text
field input mode", and that keys will work a bit different.
Additionally, we'll try to provide an option to prevent web pages from
setting focus to a text field automatically.

> - I am using horde for webmail. When I press New message, I get a new  
> window for composing the message. In the textfield there, shortucts  
> like C-a, C-e, C-n, C-p do not work.

Currently there is no way around this, although I plan to implement
shortly commands that will allow you to send the next key press directly
to the web page, rather than have it processed by conkeror, or
alternatively, a mode you can switch into such that all keys are given
directly to the web page.

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Jeremy Maitin-Shepard