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Peter Naulls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Rien Mertens wrote:
>> In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>> Peter Naulls <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>
>> The mozilla.firefox directory contains a lot stuff that is partly
>> refreshed at starting up Firefox. After SmartMenu has been used, The
>> total content is grown to almost double the used space.
>
> But why did you claim it was corrupted? This is why it is so
> important not to draw conclusions. The firefox directory will
> certainly change in size - it contains for example the cache,
> and some other stuff that is populated on the first run. I think
> this is entirely a red herring.
I do not know what colour this fish is ;-) but the effect of the
growing content just at startup was in most cases, combined with a not
working but vanishing Firefox.
changed files are after this happened:
XPC/mfasl
XUL/mfasl
After removing the conflicting module(s), Firefox indeed works again,
without changing anything to the Mozilla directory.
So, a red herring is a self repairing fish ;-)
>> SmartMenu is a tool that RMLoads two modules, WimpSWIVe and SmartMenu.
>> Its use is to open submenus to the left instead of to the right, when
>> the menu is right from the middle of the screen.
>>
>> While I write this, looking in the !Run File of !SmartMenu, I realise
>> that probably not SmartMenu but WimpSWIVe is the cause of the problem,
>> that would explain why it does not help to RMKill SmartMenu.
>
> So the thing to try here would be obvious - does unloading it
> allow it to run?
That is what I just did, and it works fine then.
> But at least now the cause becomes a bit more
> obvious - in order to do its job, it would have to intercept Wimp
> SWIs and mess with flags, which is bound to cause problems somewhere,
> especially with the many changes to the RISC OS 6 Wimp. The way
> ChoX11 creates windows and menus is a bit non-standard, but entirely
> legal, so that could upset it too.
>
> Such functionality would be a good candidate for proper inclusion in
> the RISC OS 5 Wimp sources.
Is the effect we found between the WimpSWIve module and Firefox useful
to tell AD6 or others?
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Rien Mertens
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