OpenBerg FireFox extension for ePub

[Yoric]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Will openberg run is seamonkey? What kind of installation script does it require?

IIRC, we have nothing Firefox-specific except the install.rdf . There's no one testing it on SeaMonkey, nor working on a SeaMonkey port, though.

[andym]

Originally Posted by Yoric

We had someone working on a Windows Mobile port, but he stopped giving signs of life some time ago. It is possible that Lector will work on Windows Mobile using Minimo, but as we have no Windows Mobile device to test it, that's not a priority. Of course, if a volunteer were to come by and help us with it, the story would be different.

OK, so I've got Minimo up and running. Can I just drop the Lector xpi into the chrome folder? (I'm not really expecting it to be that simple!).

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Yoric

IIRC, we have nothing Firefox-specific except the install.rdf . There's no one testing it on SeaMonkey, nor working on a SeaMonkey port, though.

Yea, I believe it is the install. I couldn't get it to install. The rest of SeaMonkey is basically the same but I really like the integration and UI on that product. Is there a work around to the install issue?

[Yoric]

Originally Posted by DaleDe

Yea, I believe it is the install. I couldn't get it to install. The rest of SeaMonkey is basically the same but I really like the integration and UI on that product. Is there a work around to the install issue?

No guarantee here, but you can try the following steps:
* rename the .xpi to .zip
* extract its contents to a directory of your choice
* edit install.rdf and replace its contents with

<RDF:RDF>
−
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest" em:id="lector@openberg.org" em:name="OpenBerg Lector 5" em:version="2007.07.28" em:creator="David Teller" em:description="Read e-Books from Firefox" em:homepageURL="http://www.openberg.org" em:updateURL="http://www.openberg.org/downloads/openberg_lector_update.rdf" em:iconURL="chrome://openberglector/skin/classic/openberg.png" em:optionsURL="chrome://openberglector/content/preferences.xul">
<em:targetApplication RDF:resource="rdf:#$rduQc"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="rdf:#$rduQc" em:id="{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a}" em:minVersion="1.0" em:maxVersion="2.0.0.*"/>
</RDF:RDF>

* re-zip
* re-rename to .xpi
* try and install the new .xpi .

That's a quick & dirty hack, but it might work.

[Yoric]

Originally Posted by andym

OK, so I've got Minimo up and running. Can I just drop the Lector xpi into the chrome folder? (I'm not really expecting it to be that simple!).

Sorry, I have no clue about Minimo extensions. On the other hand, if you're willing to take the time to hunt and read Minimo documentation, we'll be happy to get your help

[DaleDe]

Originally Posted by Yoric

No guarantee here, but you can try the following steps:
* rename the .xpi to .zip
* extract its contents to a directory of your choice
* edit install.rdf and replace its contents with

<RDF:RDF>
−
<RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mozilla:install-manifest" em:id="lector@openberg.org" em:name="OpenBerg Lector 5" em:version="2007.07.28" em:creator="David Teller" em:description="Read e-Books from Firefox" em:homepageURL="http://www.openberg.org" em:updateURL="http://www.openberg.org/downloads/openberg_lector_update.rdf" em:iconURL="chrome://openberglector/skin/classic/openberg.png" em:optionsURL="chrome://openberglector/content/preferences.xul">
<em:targetApplication RDF:resource="rdf:#$rduQc"/>
</RDF:Description>
<RDF:Description RDF:about="rdf:#$rduQc" em:id="{92650c4d-4b8e-4d2a-b7eb-24ecf4f6b63a}" em:minVersion="1.0" em:maxVersion="2.0.0.*"/>
</RDF:RDF>

* re-zip
* re-rename to .xpi
* try and install the new .xpi .

That's a quick & dirty hack, but it might work.

Sorry, I still get the message install script not found.
Thanks for trying.

Dale