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You're absolutely right @decant. I was just trying a fresh build of vimini on a mac, to test the behavior explained by hedy, and I noticed that the data direcroty (where the sqlite db is stored) is not created automatically when it prefectly could. The config directory is (if you run the config-write command), so there's no reason to do the same with this one. I'll get to work, thanks!
Apr 18 · 6 weeks ago
🚀 blah_blah_blah · Apr 19 at 16:29:
The issue with the config and help is to lower the bar for participation. Not everyone can do basic config stuff, and not everyone can figure out how to bind '?' to help. Requiring people to add '?' as a help keybinding doesn't make a lot of sense since people who have already figured out how to change the keybindings probably don't need help. So 'f1' or '?' should be a default help. I notice there is no 'help' command either.
🛰️ lufte [OP] · Apr 19 at 19:47:
I think I get it now, and I agree, it's all about better defaults to improve usability. I thought you were talking about pre-build config. Yes, to be honest I haven't put much effort into making the first experience pleasant enough. A more comprehensive "quickstart" tutorial should see the first thing a new user sees, and help should be more accessible through commands. I'll come up with something for 0.6. Thanks!
I did release 0.5.1 to address some of the bugs that were mentioned in this thread as well, so thanks everyone for your feedback!
Vimini 0.5.0 — I'm releasing a new version of my browser, with added support for Gopher and other niceties. I've also added build instructions and a short demo video to its README. Up next I'm planning to rewrite the network code so it handles incoming data in a more stream-like fashion, instead of downloading it all and then parse it, which would support long-lived TCP connections (like the one chat.mozz.us uses) or downloads. If you manage to run it on a non-linux system let me know! I haven'...