Re: Can't find a bunch of stuff

> I'm a newbie, so please take pity regarding the following query.
Nope, I'm about to read this [1] [2] as if you were an Amaya guru. ;-D


> As a side note, I tried to install:
>        rpm -Uvh amaya_wx-10.1-pre-1.i386.rpm
>        error: Failed dependencies:
>                libexpat.so.1 is needed by amaya_wx-10.1-1.i386
Although maybe not too serious for the main questions, missing that
library may render your installation useless as "expat" is a
(HTML/XHTML/XML) parser... But I leave this question to more
experienced users, as I don't know enough about Amaya's implementation
- will it try using other possibly available parsers such as
"libxml"?. Maybe someone else can comment on this...


> The problem is the following:
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: Impossible to get permissions for file '/styles/tvshows.css' (error 2: No such file or directory)
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: can't open file '/home/brown/.amaya/0/tvshowscRTI2m' (error 2: No such file or directory)
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: Can't load image from file '/images/icons/favicon.ico': file does not exist.
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: can't open file '/images/WTC_RibbonSm.gif' (error 2: No such file or directory)
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: can't open file '/images/flag.gif' (error 2: No such file or directory)
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: can't open file '/images/WTC_RibbonSm.gif' (error 2: No such file or directory)
> 09:29:40 PM: Error: can't open file '/images/Blu-ray_Disc_29x12.png' (error 2: No such file or directory)
This seems to be a general (unrelated to Amaya) question. ;-)
When using URLs like "/SomePath/SomeFile.ext" this will be interpreted
differently:
 * The webserver will know that this is the "SomeFile.ext" inside
"SomePath" folder within your _domain_. So, something like
"http://www.YourDomain.com/SomePath/SomeFile.ext" will probably
work...
 * When using local files, it will map to "SomeFile.ext" inside
"SomePath" folder located in the _root_ file system!


> How does one tell Amaya what the base path should be in order to find these
> items?  How is that going to work with relative paths, i.e., one goes into
> a subdirectory and the HTML document finds, for example, images in a directory
> called "images," without a slash in front of it?
Just remove the trailing slash from your URL(s). For your sample,
instead of '/styles/tvshows.css' simply using './styles/tvshows.css'
(I personally prefer this notation) or 'styles/tvshows.css' will work
(if files are really there and relative to the referring file as
you've stated).


> How does one set the colors of the displayed text in the source area?  The
> colors that are there make the text extremely difficult to read, since it is
> light colors on a white background.  The color preference page has nothing
> regarding the colors for elements, etc.
Yes, I somehow agree on this one. Maybe text highlight could/should be
configurable (used colors or even allowing the feature to be disabled
for improved contrast).


> Lastly is a philosophical question regarding the deprecation of <FONT>.
> I make constant use of that element, as it is easier than trying to figure out
> how to do it with stylesheets:
> I love the FONT element, I hate to see it go.
Well, it seems your fear has come true - FONT is deprecated [3],
meaning it should _not_ be used anymore. Please consider improving
your skills on CSS [4] - trust me, your life will become much easier
after you've mastered just a bit of it! ;-)


Hope this helps,

 Helder Magalhães

[1] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#bespecific
[2] http://catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#id306968
[3] http://www.w3.org/TR/html401/present/graphics.html#h-15.2.2
[4] http://www.w3schools.com/css/

Received on Monday, 23 June 2008 14:33:16 UTC