www/luakit users?

[dimpase+freebsd at gmail.com]

On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 12:09:28PM +0100, Milan Obuch wrote:
> On Fri, 15 Mar 2019 11:47:11 +0100
> Stefan Hagen <sh+freebsd-ports at codevoid.de> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Milan,
> > 
> > Milan Obuch wrote:
> > > some time ago I tried to write port maintainer just to get bounce
> > > back... Now I see maintainer is reset.  
> > 
> > Which E-Mail Address did you use? I took over the laukit port about a
> > year ago when development started to happen again and the migration to
> > webkit2 has happened.
> >
> 
> Hi,
> 
> maintainer address from port at that time... ports at textmail.me
> 
> > > I am curious if I can find some other users of this really
> > > interesting browser, maybe try to build development version...
> > > There is no much info I found, but it still seems to be actively
> > > developed, at least there are some new entries in issue tracker.  
> > 
> > It is surely not a mainstream browser, but you can find a few users on
> > OFTC in #luakit

OFTC provides a way to access IRC's freenode's channels, such as #luakit
So if you know how to use IRC, that's all you need to know : #luakit on
freenode

else see https://www.oftc.net/FAQ/

HTH
Dima

> >
> 
> No idea what's OFTC is... but luakit is surely really interesting,
> scripting abilities are interesting. Also, it is lightweight, at least
> compared with standard browsers like chrome, firefox and similar.
> 
> > I agree that the issue tracker is a bit messy right now. Many entries 
> > are for the old webkit1 version of luakit. Some of them may not be
> > valid anymore after the refactoring, some still might be. Some
> > plugins could still be migrated.
> >
> 
> Well, my personal preference for such a project would be mailing list
> with archive, as it is quite common here, maybe wiki, which exists for
> luakit too, but it is marked outdated. Current issue tracker would need
> at least some easy to use search engine...
> 
> > > What I need find now is following: in a special arrangement, I have
> > > luakit started directly from startx script, so I have some kind of
> > > kiosk. Basically it works OK, I just need change mouse cursor shape.
> > > Googling did not reveal anything for me, but maybe someone knows
> > > better than I...  
> > 
> > So I assume after starting X you have the "X" shaped mouse cursor.
> 
> Yes - something like this. And some kind of arrow when hovering over
> link.
> 
> > Will "xsetroot -cursor_name arrow" fix this for you?
> > 
> 
> I'll try - I just need to find the right place to put it in (startx
> itself, or start from luakit...)
> 
> Thanks for hint.
> 
> Regards,
> Milan
> 
> N. B. Here is a copy of my older mail, which bounced, jff (just for fun)
> 
> Hi,
> 
> this address is listed as maintainer of luakit port for FreeBSD...
> 
> Is it possible to use newer sources? There is no newer source tarball
> published, but it should be possible to use some carefully chosen
> snapshot from GitHub... That being written, I have no much experiences
> with choosing the right one, actually I am just discovering luakit and
> found it really interesting.
> 
> Also, I would like to change cursor shapes used in luakit. Could you
> advice something? I am testing luakit in XFCE, but I have special setup
> with luakit started directly from xinit with no window manager as well,
> where this ability is requested.
> 
> Regards,
> Milan
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