Hello Samuel, On Thu, Aug 29, 2013 at 12:33:47AM +0200, Samuel Thibault wrote: > Klaus Knopper, le Wed 28 Aug 2013 22:44:38 +0200, a écrit : > > Doug probably meant elinks in ADRIANE, not links2. I always build elinks > > from git with javascript enabled. Works pretty well. > > Could people then discuss with the elinks maintainers about this? Moritz > has written in 2011: > > “ > * Disable support for Spidermonkey. Javascript support has always been > an experimental feature and of limited use (since most websites > which make extensive use of Javascript usually involve further > features not available). Mozilla seems to focus on a standalone > Firefox these days and the libs are treated as second class > citizens. > ” > > If the javascript support in elinks does really provide help, please > tell them, to convince them putting back the support.
That makes it sound as if javascript support was already gone in elinks, but it isn't. elinks supports javascript by libmozjs that comes with mozilla, and it is still working fine, and as far as I can tell, even regularly updated. So there is no immediate need for a discussion about a missing feature that isn't missing right now. Some Javascript support in a text browser is practical for websites that use javascript for internal presorting of web form options, or focusing a specific form element, and other things done on the client side rather than on the server side. Using elinks insetad of lynx or links makes some otherwise disfunctional or badly written websites accessible for blind users, that's the main reason why I include elinks with javascript support. But again, there is no reason for discussion about this. It just works. As far as I understand Dougs question, the only thing he wanted to ask you was if there is a 64bit version of elinks in Debian(-accessibility), or planned as a dedicated amd64 package. Personally, I don't know, since I just need the 32bit userspace version and build my own package from git. I also sent him the link to my sources. Regards -Klaus -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-accessibility-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130828225642.ga3...@knopper.net
