[Conkeror] Save pages? History?

[John J Foerch]

h23104n at arcor.de writes:
> Dear all!
> To the developers a huge Thankyou for this browser. I am so
> glad I found it. It has become my standard browser. However, there are
> three things that I do miss. Maybe they work, but I haven't found them
> yet:

Hi Heinz,

  Glad you like conkeror.  I think I can address two of your questions...

> If I want to save some of these pages, because Conkeror can't access
> the source code anymore. Is there a workaround?

  The save-* functions are currently hard-coded to skip the cache.  This
is a problem that needs to be addressed.  One or more user-variables
seems the natural way to let people express their preferences, but we
should also think about what granularity we want vis-a-vis configuring
all commands with one variable or each command individually, and also if
cache access should be able to be controlled on-the-fly (like with a command
or prefix arg to the save-* commands).

> (you DO have to use the rat to effectively edit Conkeror's
> about:config, don't you?)

  A better way to set preferences is to set them in your rc with the
`session_pref' function.  Then you don't have to deal with the annoying
about:config gui (other than to occasionally look up pref names) and all
your preferences will be in a more convenient location (for backup &c.)
than your user profile.  Using session_pref has the added benefit that
if you are testing the effect of prefs, you can simply comment the line
out of your rc, and there will not be a saved "user" value in your
profile to worry about.

  A few prefs (I can't name any offhand) require the use of `user_pref'
instead of `session_pref'.  The difference is that `user_pref' does set
a "user" value in your profile, so such preferences are available during
startup before your rc is loaded.

> 3. Navigating by the order of the Tabs (yes, I activated the
> Tab-Bar...) would be sometimes more intuitive than the Emacs-style.

  This would be M-n and M-p if I understand your question.

  Hope this helps,

-- 
John Foerch