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- Warpzilla NGLayout XPViewer 1.0.2 for OS/2 PM (pre-beta release) - 98/11/25
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- This is the OS/2 version of Mozilla's next-generation browser with support
- for HTML 4, CSS, DOM, Javascript 1.4, XML etc. It is open-source freeware and
- contributions to its ongoing development are always welcome.
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- Version 1.0.2 is based on a 98/11/21 update of my source tree to which I added
- John Fairhurst's latest updates to the os2 directories before folding enhancements
- found only in webshell/tests/viewer into xpfe/xpviewer/src because the xpviewer
- has a browser interface as well as features missing from the test viewer. This
- gives OS/2 users the best of both prototypes.
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- INSTALLATION
- 1) Make sure you have the current version (9.0c Fixpack 4) of the emx runtime
- library (available as emxrt.zip from Hobbes or Leo) properly installed.
- 2) Unzip nglay002.zip onto an HPFS drive (essential for resource long filenames)
- and make sure the /res subdirectory structure is recreated.
- 3) Unzip nspr30.zip into the same place, a separate directory which you must
- then add to the LIBPATH statement in config.sys (and reboot), or a
- directory already in LIBPATH. As the NSPR code is stable (development is
- continuing on a branch), future releases of the NG/2 XPViewer will assume
- you already have NSPR installed so you may want to stash it separately.
- NSPR will be distributed in its own package named nsprXXXX.zip.
- 4) Run xpviewer.exe from the commandline or by doubleclicking on the icon.
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- LIMITATIONS
- This is a pre-beta release so don't expect everything to work and bear in mind
- some webpages will crash the browser. But then all kinds of features do work.
- Check out the NGLayout tests and demos at http://www.mozilla.org/nglayout/ for
- an example of what this browser can do. Detailed feedback about its performance
- is appreciated.
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- NEW FEATURES:
- * Some printing [if you're lucky]
- The deal here is that at most one page will be printed; for best results
- you should adjust the job properties of your printer so the horizontal
- and vertical resolutions are equal.
- * Blender [try test 10]
- * Pointer changes to hand over links
- * Assorted XP features, improved JS, DOM & CSS, fewer resource leaks
- * View Source
- * Print Preview (one column)
- * Find text on page
- * Webcrawler (100 top sites)
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- BUGS FIXED:
- * Comboboxes in forms size correctly
- * Find in page dialog works [toolbar in bottom rh corner might detach too]
- * Multiple browser windows work
- * Works on Warp 3 [touch wood]
- * Text now placed more accurately
- * Memory shark on minimization is gone
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- MESSAGES you may see which should be ignored:
- * Gpi...Region failed
- * Dodgy update rect
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- SOURCES
- NSPR sources available from cvs-mirror@mozilla.org. The code required to build
- NSPR for OS/2 is now part of the main tree. The OS2_BRANCH version is obsolete.
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- The NGLayout sources will be available shortly in a tarball at
- http://people.netscape.com/ as well as from Mozilla's CVS server.
- Check the netscape.public.mozilla.os2 newsgroup for announcements and details.
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- BUILDING
- See the Warpzilla home page at http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2 for development
- details and related links.
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- BUGS
- Bug reports are appreciated and should emailed to john_fairhurst@iname.com
- or mozilla-os2@mozilla.org. Please check the list at
- http://yuggoth.ucam.org/~mjf35/warpzilla/nglayout/bugs.html submitting.
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- Enjoy!
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- Henry Sobotka (sobotka@axess.com)
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