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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!howland.erols.net!newsfeed.nacamar.de!news1.best.com!news.idiom.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!bofh.noc.best.net!ennui From: rone@bofh.noc.best.net (Ron Echeverri) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Grail Date: 3 Jul 1997 12:57:33 -0700 Organization: fidgety systems administrators gmbh Lines: 29 Message-ID: <5ph07d$apc$1@bofh.noc.best.net> References: <33AE3B16.382F@ubs.ch> <84f230.e10818@f23.n212.z2.fidonet.org> <33BB8D32.151B@ubs.ch> NNTP-Posting-Host: ennui.org Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:43879 In article <33BB8D32.151B@ubs.ch>, Georg Wagner <Georg.Wagner@ubs.ch> wrote: >Geir_Eivind Mork wrote: >> > From: Georg Wagner <Georg.Wagner@ubs.ch> >> > You could use Grail out of the python stuff as a replacement for >> > Netscape. >> is it in the port collection? >python definetely is. Whether grail is also in this package I don't >know. It's not, but it sets up "out of the box" easily. Caveat: Grail requires tcl76/tk42. The python package's tkinter module is compiled against tcl75/tk41; you will need to instead compile the port using the more recent versions. That said, Grail disappointed me because it's unbearably slow, and seems to have a severe memory leak problem.... the python process running Grail grew to about 32M after about maybe an hour of casual browsing. Plus, it can't view JPEG pictures (from what i can understand of the code [i'm not python-literate], it's supposed to, but it just fails). I've been meaning to muck with it some more so i can report these problems back to the mailing list, but i'ven't had the time. So i'll just stick with N$ 3.01 for now... rone -- rone's rules: Ron Echeverri - I don't care. Systems/Usenet Administration - It's not important. Best Internet Communications - Leave me alone. rone@best.net