steve <
lo...@centurylink.net> writes:
> On 7/19/21 10:09 AM, Loris Bennett wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I used to use the "Edit wit Emacs" extension for Firefox to edit pages
>> of a Foswiki instance. Now, presumably after the last Firefox update to
>> 78.12.0esr (on Debian 10.9), the little purple "edit" button no longer
>> appears at the bottom of the textarea which is displayed when one edits
>> a Foswiki page. The button does however appear below textareas of other
>> sites, such as Stackexchange or
perlmonks.org.
>
> I just tried the extension and it opens up the file manager.
That sounds a bit odd.
> I have quit
> debian. archlinux is really nice once you get used to it. Fedora is ok.
I have been using Debian happily for nearly 20 years. I'm not sure this
issue is serious enough to make me want to change - especially if other
distros also behave strangely with this extension
> my guess is that the DXG XORG default directories are off.
Where would I look to find out? And why would the extension work on
some web pages but not on others.
> I don't know about firefox extensions; this one sounds really neat.
I find it is very useful, particularly for editing wiki pages.
> I would go about using emacs in server mode. M-x start-server...
It relies on the package 'edit-server', rather than just using Emacs in
server mode.
Cheers,
Loris