[Conkeror] Installing foxmarks beta

[Jeremy Maitin-Shepard]

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

> Hi,
> I feel like I am causing a lot of confusen, sorry for that! I try to be clear:

> I am trying to install the foxmark beta plugin, which is only available from the
> login area of foxmarks.
> Downloading the old foxmark plugin via "s" key works, but for some reason
> downloading the new foxmark plugin (form the foxmark beta site) does not (I get
> the "call interactivly: TypeError: node is null" error).
> For yhat reason, I do not know how to download the xpi localy :(.

> So I got another idea: I open the foxmark bata site in firefox 3, logged in and
> clicked on the download button there.
> It opens the install dialog, and also tells me the source for the plugin, it is:

> http://beta.foxmarks.com/download?p=FIREFOX_3_BOOKMARK_SYNC

> So in conkeror, I type "g" and input this url.
> I get the install dialog! And can click on install.

> conkeror downloads the file, but after that it gives this error:

> Conkeror could not install file at
> http://beta.foxmarks.com/download?p=FIREFOX_3_BOOKMARK_SYN
> because: unexpected installation error
> Review the Error Console log for more details.
> -203

> OK, that is where I am.
> So conkeror should have downloaded the install (xpi?) file? I searched for an
> xpi file but found nothing.

> Downloading http://beta.foxmarks.com/download?p=FIREFOX_3_BOOKMARK_SYNC with
> wget also just gave me an unusefull html page.

> Ideas how I could get the xpi file?

Use the --load-cookies option to wget to point it at your Firefox
cookies file after you've logged into foxmarks.

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Jeremy Maitin-Shepard