On 22-Dec-98 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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> A couple of easy questions regarding netscape configuration.
>
> I build up an extensive bookmark list as superuser, and now want to copy
> the bookmarks for the use of user. Backing up .../.netscape/bookmarks.html
> and then replacing it with the developed one from root had no effect.
>
> Using "Preferences" in Netscape to identify this file as the default book-
> mark file had no effect. I see that in the preferences.js file that it sees
> the bookmark.html file, but it is not what loads when I start Netscape as
> user.
Did you provide the users with read permission for the bookmark file?
> I'd also like to fiddle with Netscape's geometry, and it can see the para-
> meters that define its geometry in preferences.js. The obvious thing to do
> would be to change these parameters, but the file starts with a warning not
> to change it. I don't see where in Netscape Preferences one can change the
> geometry.
The window geometry isn't set in the preference. Instead, netscape save the
window geometry on exit and restores it the next time it's started.
I know of three ways to set window geometry.
- Edit the "preferences.js" file, ignore the warning. Be aware that your
changes won't stick. If you move the window the changes will be stored in the
file, overwriting your settings.
- Pass it to netscape as a command line argument. Netscape can accept the
"--geometry=" option.
- Edit the netscape's application default value. The "Netscape.ad" file should
provide all required information for this.
> Also, a very minor annoying behavior. I defined a home page for Netscape
> that I put on my HD, and I configured Netscape to open with it. However,
> it insists opening with a "Netscape Communicator 4.07" info page. To get
> my own page to load, I have to click somewhere on the window and my home
> page loads. Can I correct this behavior so that the Communicator info page
> does not load at all?
Again, edit the application default. Don't bother reading through the entire
"Netscape.ad" file, it's gigantic. But be sure to check out the first 300 - 400
lines. There's a lot of options available via the application default, and most
of it is well commented.
Cort
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