Detecting updates to ports not installed

Chip Camden sterling at camdensoftware.com
Fri Dec 31 16:18:36 UTC 2010


Quoth Dan Langille on Friday, 31 December 2010:
> >Bingo!  Thanks, that's exactly what I needed.  Although it took a while
> >to figure out how to do it.  Suggestion for Freshports:  add an "add to
> >watch list" button on the page for each port.
> 
> This has been in place for some time.  From 
> http://www.freshports.org/faq.php :
> 
> http://www.freshports.org/images/watch-add.gif
> 
> "Add item to your default watch lists: This port is not on any of your 
> default watch lists. Click this icon to add the port to your default 
> watch lists. This icon appears only if you are logged in."
> 
> Granted, you don't see this icon if you are not logged in.  The system 
> could be altered so you see this icon regardless.  If clicked, and not 
> logged in, it could prompt you to login, or register.
> 
> -- 
> Dan Langille - http://langille.org/

There it is, all right.  I guess I missed it because I was looking for
words instead of an icon, and I tend to browse mouseless these days so I
didn't see the tooltip.

Thanks!

-- 
Sterling (Chip) Camden    | sterling at camdensoftware.com | 2048D/3A978E4F
http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com        | http://chipsquips.com
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