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PDP-8:
First, thanks to neonix for v 3.9 !

I'm seeing some anomolies / bugs and wonder if anyone can duplicate them before I make an extension request to run with the latest 3.10 version to help focus my direction on bugs.

My environment:
Xorg 7.7 with fltk/flwm.  TinyCorePure64 naturally.

Bugs:
Netsurf acts differently depending on how you invoke it causing some strange issues.

A.  Invoked from the wbar, when launching a bookmark, instead of bringing up another tab, it will bring up another instance of Netsurf itself.  Perfectly over the initial one.  Took me awhile to see that.

B.  When invoked from the hierarchical drop-downs in fltk/flwm screen background, no bookmarks will launch.

C.  And the old classic - after a download from a link is finished, Netsurf will simply close.  The file will be there, but most probably don't want the browser to close immediately.

Small things:  Bookmarking a page with ctrl-d will do so, but there is no indication that it has done it.  Not sure if this is the normal behavior.

So I'm not really sure where to focus my reports to, or if this is an indication of something majorly wrong in my setup locally.  Perhaps the latest 3.10 would fix it, or at least direct my reporting efforts to them instead of here?

As always, I'm grateful to Juanito and neonix for bringing what we have now in the first place.

PDP-8:
The last problem of Netsurf abruptly closing after a download is a known issue and fixed in 3.10 according to the project leaders.

Acknowledged and fixed on this MantisBt bug-tracker:
https://bugs.netsurf-browser.org/mantis/print_bug_page.php?bug_id=2676

As for the bookmarks bringing up a second-instance of Netsurf - still seeing if that is supposed to be normal behavior or not... :)

PDP-8:
WORKAROUND:

For downloads, merely right click link and Copy Link Location.

Open another tab.  Paste the link location into that tab's url bar as a reference.

Simply open a terminal, and wget the file yourself.  As a convenience, you can highlight the url, and just middle click when you are in a terminal right after you type wget.

Bookmark issue.  Not an issue but I can't find any documentation about it's normal behavior.
So - activating a bookmark simply calls up another WINDOW with your bookmark as the first tab.

You can have multiple windows open, and each with successive amounts of tabs, it's just that using a bookmark forces a new window, and does not go into a tab by default.

Slightly pebcak. :)

Will request a 3.10 extension upgrade even though the temporary workaround described above works.

PDP-8:
Hilarious:

The reason I didn't notice the normal activity of a bookmark calling up another dedicated window which is offset rather than going into a tab is because I'm using a very small res of 960x540 on purpose. (with xorg custom modeline, still sharp!)

Thus the offset window merely aligned perfectly over the original so it appears like there's no offset.

Laugh.  I'm still going to use my half-res setup, but now I know. :)  Still lovin' Netsurf.

gadget42:
thanks for taking the time to point that out, it is the simple things that elude us!

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