Re: Firefox or xpdf launch

> Thanks Howard for the inputs..
> The AllChanges.cs file at  http://atsosxdev.doit.wisc.edu/croquet/Xrfb/ 
> <http://atsosxdev.doit.wisc.edu/croquet/Xrfb/>
> is unavailable.
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> It says, The requested URL /croquet/Xrfb/xrf- all-changes.cs was not
> found on this server.
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> Thanks & Regards
> Kiran
> <http://atsosxdev.doit.wisc.edu/croquet/Xrfb/>
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> On 9/17/07, *Howard Stearns* <[hidden email]
> <mailto:[hidden email]>> wrote:
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>     On Sep 17, 2007, at 2:27 AM, Kiran wrote:
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>      > Hi Howard,
>      >                    In the KAT demo, how do you launch firefox for a
>      > weblink or xpdf for a pdf file.
>      >                    How do you tie up the file with the specific
>      > application?
>      >                    Where do you program the same in KAT demo.
>      >
>      > Thanks & Rgds
>      > Kiran
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>     Two parts: Squeak side and remote side.  See also the last line below.
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>     It's neat how Squeak gives you the tools to see the actual code
>     examples from the UI all the way back to the core code.
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>     Notice how you bring this up in the KAT demo.  New->Desktop brings up
>     a window with:
>          URL to import:
>     and a default value of
>          http://www.google.com
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>     If you do option-click -> more...->'method strings with it' (or cmd-
>     E), you see a list of the methods that use that text. ( E.g.,
>     KStandardHarness>>promptForURL for 'URL to import:'.)
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>     You can then work backward from there (select interesting method in
>     the top pane of the results window and use the little square button
>     on top of the scroll bar to bring up a menu with 'senders of...', or
>     do cmd-n). This shows that the result is eventually used as an
>     argument to harness's #makeDesktop: method. Highlight that and use
>     the more...->'implementors of it' scroll-bar menu (or cmd-m) to see
>     where the real example is:  KStandardHarness>>makeDesktop:, which
>     uses KRFB>>initializeWithURI:.
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>     Alas, that only covers stuff in Squeak.  Remote applications are
>     outside of Squeak.  In the case of XRFB, there's a python server on a
>     box in Madison, Wisconsin. That server launches various applications
>     based on the filename extension of the URL.  This is "conventional"
>     IT, in which you hope there's some doc and otherwise grep through the
>     code. See http://atsosxdev.doit.wisc.edu/croquet/Xrfb/
>     The "client side" in the doc there is a little different now (see
>     above). The server running in Madison is only slightly different from
>     the "server admin" in link above, and the doc does match the server
>     code available at that link.  Strick and Ryan did a nice job.
>     All the real action is in XrfbServer.py
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>     The above link, and other notes, are at http://www.opencroquet.org/
>     index.php/External/Legacy_Applications_and_(X)RFB/VNC
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