Last October, John Williams created Fetch_NS, a tool to check for and
fetch the latest development build of NetSurf for RISC OS. I added a
couple of features and put it on my website (with John's consent), but I
seem to have forgotten to announce it...
As the development builds of NetSurf now come
In message
Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:
> On 14 Oct at 20:02, Alan Leighton wrote:
>> In message <52dea12cebch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>
>> cj wrote:
>>
>>> In article <52de9a64e1ris...@gotadsl.co.uk>,
>>>Richard Ashbery wrote:
Peter - what I didn't clarify is that Joh
On 14 Oct at 20:02, Alan Leighton wrote:
> In message <52dea12cebch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>
> cj wrote:
>
> > In article <52de9a64e1ris...@gotadsl.co.uk>,
> >Richard Ashbery wrote:
> > > Peter - what I didn't clarify is that John's utility and curl
> > > works correctly on the I
In article <52dea1b6e3ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
cj wrote:
> Well, I now have a modified version of 'Fetch_NS' that works fine on
> the ARMini. In addition to actually fetching the latest release (if
> there is one) it will quit NetSurf, rotate the 4 previous backup
> versions
I like to kee
In message <52dea12cebch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>
cj wrote:
> In article <52de9a64e1ris...@gotadsl.co.uk>,
>Richard Ashbery wrote:
>> Peter - what I didn't clarify is that John's utility and curl works
>> correctly on the Iyonix (RISC OS 5.18) but not on BB (RISC OS
>> 5.19). I get
In article <08749dde52.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>,
Peter Young wrote:
> That sounds interesting, and I will do that.
Well, I now have a modified version of 'Fetch_NS' that works fine on
the ARMini. In addition to actually fetching the latest release (if
there is one) it will quit NetSurf, r
In article <52de9a64e1ris...@gotadsl.co.uk>,
Richard Ashbery wrote:
> Peter - what I didn't clarify is that John's utility and curl works
> correctly on the Iyonix (RISC OS 5.18) but not on BB (RISC OS
> 5.19). I get the same "segmentation fault" you highlighted earlier.
The current version of
On 14 Oct 2012 Richard Ashbery wrote:
> In article , Peter Young
> wrote:
>> On 14 Oct 2012 Richard Ashbery wrote:
> And Netsurf 3.0 (Dev C1 #463) now works well, so more thanks.
Ditto here. Thanks for #463 & Fetch_NS
>>> Excellent utility John - great time saver - many thanks
>>
On 14 Oct 2012 Peter Young wrote:
[snip]
> Even odder: I was able to make Fetch_NS work using wget before I had
> to go out. After coming back and re-starting the machine, it now fails
> again with the "File name 'SCSI::armini.$.Internet.!Fetch_NS.^.". (I
> managed to garble this message upthre
In article <52de8f9e88ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>, cj
wrote:
> In article , Peter Young
> wrote:
> > unless I open the library so that cURL is booted.
> Are you putting the curl *binary* in to Boot:Library? If you are
> putting the !cURL *application* in Boot:Library it will not work
> becaus
In article , Peter Young
wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2012 Richard Ashbery wrote:
> >>> And Netsurf 3.0 (Dev C1 #463) now works well, so more thanks.
> >> Ditto here. Thanks for #463 & Fetch_NS
> > Excellent utility John - great time saver - many thanks
> Bewilderment continues here, I'm afraid. It se
On 14 Oct 2012 cj wrote:
> In article ,
>Peter Young wrote:
>> unless I open the library so that cURL is booted.
> Are you putting the curl *binary* in to Boot:Library? If you are
> putting the !cURL *application* in Boot:Library it will not work
> because nothing in Boot:Library is booted
On 14 Oct 2012 cj wrote:
> In article <8ff38ede52.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>,
>Peter Young wrote:
>> would there be interest in
>> adding bits to the program, similar to the bits I had in my old
>> script?
> I have a script that does that and more, although I need to extend it
> to deal
In article <8ff38ede52.pnyo...@pnyoung.ormail.co.uk>,
Peter Young wrote:
> would there be interest in
> adding bits to the program, similar to the bits I had in my old
> script?
I have a script that does that and more, although I need to extend it
to deal with the case when the latest versio
In article ,
Peter Young wrote:
> unless I open the library so that cURL is booted.
Are you putting the curl *binary* in to Boot:Library? If you are
putting the !cURL *application* in Boot:Library it will not work
because nothing in Boot:Library is booted at boot time. Either
extract the cURL
On 14 Oct 2012 Peter Young wrote:
> On 14 Oct 2012 Richard Ashbery wrote:
And Netsurf 3.0 (Dev C1 #463) now works well, so more thanks.
>>> Ditto here. Thanks for #463 & Fetch_NS
>> Excellent utility John - great time saver - many thanks
> Bewilderment continues here, I'm afraid.
But
On 14 Oct 2012 Richard Ashbery wrote:
>>> And Netsurf 3.0 (Dev C1 #463) now works well, so more thanks.
>> Ditto here. Thanks for #463 & Fetch_NS
> Excellent utility John - great time saver - many thanks
Bewilderment continues here, I'm afraid. It seems that my previous
download was corrupte
> > And Netsurf 3.0 (Dev C1 #463) now works well, so more thanks.
> Ditto here. Thanks for #463 & Fetch_NS
Excellent utility John - great time saver - many thanks
Richard
In article ,
Tim Powys-Lybbe wrote:
> On 13 Oct at 21:06, Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> > In article <52de2a7a21ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
> >cj wrote:
> > > In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
> > >Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> > > > Google directed me to 7.11.0 by James Bursa an
On 13 Oct at 21:06, Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> In article <52de2a7a21ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
>cj wrote:
> > In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
> >Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> > > Google directed me to 7.11.0 by James Bursa and that's one of the
> > > ones that fail.
>
> > Tha
In article <52de1d213bch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
cj wrote:
> to
> If "" <> ""
Now changed in the download, thanks Chris. I really knew that - once!
Must make a note somewhere!
Sorry NetSurf team for taking up lots of your list!
John
On 13 Oct 2012 Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
>Frank de Bruijn wrote:
>> That part does, yes. Unfortunately, the next hurdle is curl itself. I
>> tried four different versions. The oldest one didn't know the -k switch
>> and the other three reported t
In article <52de2a7a21ch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
cj wrote:
> In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
>Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> > Google directed me to 7.11.0 by James Bursa and that's one of the
> > ones that fail.
> That's the one I used (7.11.0) which did work on the Iyonix (RIS
In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> Google
> directed me to 7.11.0 by James Bursa and that's one of the ones that
> fail.
That's the one I used (7.11.0) which did work on the Iyonix (RISC OS
5.19, 4-Oct-2012).
--
Chris Johnson
In article <52de202c94netsurf-...@aconet.nl>,
Frank de Bruijn wrote:
> That part does, yes. Unfortunately, the next hurdle is curl itself. I
> tried four different versions. The oldest one didn't know the -k switch
> and the other three reported they 'Failed writing header'. That's on an
> Iyon
In article <52de1d213bch...@chris-johnson.org.uk>,
cj wrote:
> Try going in to !Fetch_NS.!Run and change the line
> If NetSurf$LatestVersion <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$PreviousVersion
>
> to
> If "" <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$PreviousVersion
>
> It then works OK.
That part does, yes. Unfortunate
On 13 Oct 2012 cj wrote:
> In article ,
>Peter Young wrote:
>> Fetch_NS
>> now runs but falls over with:
>> pc:9da08 sp: 207f8c ^post_signal()
>> pc:9dd14 sp: 207fa4 __unixlib_raise_signal()
>> pc:f9ea4 sp: 206b54 __h_cback()
>> pc:25008 sp: 206b70 strncasecmp()
On 13 Oct 2012 cj wrote:
> In article ,
>Peter Young wrote:
>> Any ideas as to what is going on would be gratefully received!
> Try going in to !Fetch_NS.!Run and change the line
> If NetSurf$LatestVersion <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$PreviousVersion
>
> to
> If "" <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$Pre
In article ,
Peter Young wrote:
> Fetch_NS
> now runs but falls over with:
> pc:9da08 sp: 207f8c ^post_signal()
> pc:9dd14 sp: 207fa4 __unixlib_raise_signal()
> pc:f9ea4 sp: 206b54 __h_cback()
> pc:25008 sp: 206b70 strncasecmp()
> pc: ba3c sp: 206b80 ?()
>
In article ,
Peter Young wrote:
> Any ideas as to what is going on would be gratefully received!
Try going in to !Fetch_NS.!Run and change the line
If NetSurf$LatestVersion <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$PreviousVersion
to
If "" <> "" THEN Set NetSurf$PreviousVersion
It then works OK.
I have al
On 13 Oct 2012 John Williams wrote:
> If anyone RISC OS-side has a need for a new downloading app, I've put
> mine at:
> http://petit.four.free.fr/FetchNS.zip
> It saves the latest version, if not already downloaded, in the directory
> where you put it.
> It uses the "LATEST" file th
On 13 Oct, John Williams wrote:
> a new downloading app
Which fails to run with the following error:
13 Oct 17:28:34 000 0168: Error from (unknown): Unknown operand
--
Brian Howlett
-
I ate a dozen oysters last night.
Only seven of them worked...
If anyone RISC OS-side has a need for a new downloading app, I've put
mine at:
http://petit.four.free.fr/FetchNS.zip
It saves the latest version, if not already downloaded, in the directory
where you put it.
It uses the "LATEST" file the developers have thoughtfully provided. My old
ver
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