Dan Nicholson wrote these words on 12/20/05 19:12 CST: > On 12/20/05, Randy McMurchy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>Furthermore, in order to use --enable-svg we'll need to come up >>with: >> >>1. What it does. > > Allows you to view svg graphics in your browser.
First of all, thanks Dan, for your help on this stuff. Now, after reading what I already kind of knew, but wasn't sure, I can speak about this stuff better. So, would it be safe to say that you can view SVG *files* in your browser. Firefox can only render whole SVG files, not for example, an html file with embedded .svg graphics. Different than .png or .jpg or .gif files. >>2. Why we need it. >>3. What added functionality does it give us. > > > It seems to be a very cool function. SVG is the wave of the future > graphics wise, and cairo renders it. You got the wave of the future right. Seems Firefox devs think early 2007 at the earliest. :-) >>4. What functionality is lost if you don't have it. > > You can't view svgs. Although, I could see how not having svg > capability and not linking in cairo would give you a smaller browser. I am building with svg/system-installed-cairo right now to see exactly what additional resources/ it actually uses. >>>>ac_add_options \ >>>> --with-default-mozilla-five-home=/usr/lib/firefox-1.5 # >>>> MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME > > Google MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME. I can't decide if it's actually needed or > not. I suppose we'll have to keep this until somebody can provide something definitive that says it isn't needed. I guess now we need to figure out a good explanation for what it does. How about, "This parameter sets the default binary directory of the Firefox installation and is used to locate Firefox's installed files". I think that is horrible, but what else can we say. Suggestions are most welcome. >>>>ac_add_options --enable-xinerama # dual display support I'd bet this isn't needed for 99 out of 100 builders. Here's our choices: 1. put it in .mozconfig and enable the option by default 2. put it in .mozconfig, but commented out which disables it by default 3. leave it out entirely, and just let folks use the .configure --help to figure out if they want it. -- Randy rmlscsi: [GNU ld version 2.15.94.0.2 20041220] [gcc (GCC) 3.4.3] [GNU C Library stable release version 2.3.4] [Linux 2.6.10 i686] 19:41:00 up 87 days, 5:05, 3 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.20 -- http://linuxfromscratch.org/mailman/listinfo/blfs-dev FAQ: http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/faq.html Unsubscribe: See the above information page
