[etoys-dev] [squeakland] Browser Plugin fails

[Bert Freudenberg]

On 16.03.2011, at 22:35, Markus Schlager wrote:

> Hi Bert,
> 
> On Wed, 16 Mar 2011, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 15.03.2011, at 18:55, Markus Schlager wrote:
>> 
>>> I'm using the current Etoys-To-Go-4.1.1 on ubuntu maverick with firefox 3.6.15.
>>> 
>>> I ran the npetoysregister-script in order to register Etoys with firefox. The output was:
>>> 
>>> ---8X----------------------------------------------
>>> „/home/markus/.mozilla/plugins/npetoys.so“ -> „/usr/local/share/Etoys-4.1.1.app/Contents/Linux-i686/npetoys.so“
>>> „/home/markus/.npsqueak/npetoysrun“ -> „/usr/local/share/Etoys-4.1.1.app/Contents/Linux-i686/npetoysrun“
>>> ---X8----------------------------------------------
>> 
>> That does not look like a fresh Etoys-To-Go. Did you move it to /usr/local/share and rename? That's not a good idea, because the to-go version is set up to write its files next to its install location. Normally that is a USB stick, but your home directory would work as well. /usr/local won't work because it is write-protected.
> 
> You're right, but it works fine. I altered these two lines in etoys.sh:
> 
> ---8X-----------------------
> # editiert von Markus Schlager
> #export SQUEAK_SECUREDIR="$TOP/.etoys"
> #export SQUEAK_USERDIR="$TOP/Etoys"
> export SQUEAK_SECUREDIR="$HOME/.etoys"
> export SQUEAK_USERDIR="$HOME/Etoys"
> ---X8-----------------------
> 
> Meanwhile the plugin works, too. I had to alter these two lines in npetoysrun as well. That was all.
> 
> Markus

Ah, great :)

I guess npetoysrun should execute etoys.sh, there is some duplication of functionality.

- Bert -