kko's K-Meleon stuff

• → Please note that the former homepage of the Aggreg8 RSS Feed aggregator Aggreg8.net was sold. The new homepage is Aggreg8.org. In case of doubt refer to aggreg8.mozdev.org.

K-Meleon 0.9 comes with the Aggreg8 RSS Feed aggregator already built in. I have modified this version of the extension to improve interoperability with K-Meleon and to correct some minor errors. In addition to that, I have added an experimental multi-user tweak that will empower users to store their data base of subscribed RSS news feeds wherever they want.

List of modifications:

• File skin\images\separate.gif included again. This image is used on Aggreg8's about-page and is part of the original package. The package delivered with K-Meleon 0.9 is in lack of this file, however.
• On Aggreg8's about-page the first link to "Aggreg8.net" has a wrong target URL. It is now correct.
• After startup the Aggreg8 page is now automatically reloaded once. This is to ensure that all category names are truely displayed and all categories are truely expanded.
• The Aggreg8 page now shows the correct title.
• The Aggreg8 logo in the left bottom corner is removed to gain more space for the subscriptions tree.
• Menu overlays are removed. These are inapplicable to K-Meleon.
• Style switcher strings are moved to aggreg8.dtd. They can now be localized. Some minor corrections in aggreg8.dtd.

Following, I want to describe the steps to integrate my adapted Aggreg8 into K-Meleon 0.9.

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  Set up aggreg8.jar

  Download

  • aggreg8.jar (50,6 KB) (2005-11-29)

  and place it in K-Meleon's chrome directory (e.g. C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\chrome) replacing the existing file. Delete the folder "overlayinfo" and the files "chrome.rdf" and "overlays.rdf" if existent.

  • → Note that the versions of aggreg8.jar delivered with K-Meleon 1.0 and later versions have experienced further corrections but do not contain the multi-user tweak described below.
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  Set up multi-user tweak (optional)

  By default, Aggreg8's data base of subscribed RSS news feeds is stored in the browser's chrome directory (chrome\aggreg8\content\rssfeeds.rdf). This simplifies the extension's design. But it also has an important disadvantage: All profiles (users) share the same subscriptions. In addition to that, non-privileged users of a multi-user setup are not able to add own subscriptions to the data base. This multi-user tweak will allow users to store their subscription data base (rssfeeds.rdf) to any desired location.

  • → Note that this tweak is experimental and is addressed to experienced users. When you are looking for a reliable solution you may want to try NewsFox as a replacement for Aggreg8. It works nice with K-Meleon 1.0 and stores its feed data in the profile directory. NewsFox is already integrated into the Russian localization of K-Meleon 1.0 and may replace Aggreg8 in future official versions of K-Meleon.
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    Set up rssfeeds.rdf

    Copy the file "rssfeeds.rdf" from K-Meleon's chrome\aggreg8\content directory to the desired location. For example, you could simply copy the folder "aggreg8" from K-Meleon's chrome directory (usually
    C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\chrome) to your profile's chrome directory (e.g.
    C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\Profiles\default\<random>.slt\chrome).

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    Edit your profile's chrome.rdf

    Open your profile's chrome directory
    (e.g. C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\Profiles\default\<random>.slt\chrome) and open the file "chrome.rdf" there with a text editor (e.g. Notepad). Paste the highlighted lines:

    <?xml version="1.0"?>
    <RDF:RDF xmlns:c="http://www.mozilla.org/rdf/chrome#"
             xmlns:NC="http://home.netscape.com/NC-rdf#"
             xmlns:RDF="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">
      <RDF:Seq RDF:about="urn:mozilla:package:root">
        <RDF:li RDF:resource="urn:mozilla:package:aggreg8mu"/>
      </RDF:Seq>
      <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mozilla:package:aggreg8mu"
                       c:baseURL="***PATH***"
                       c:locType="profile"
                       c:displayName="Aggreg8 multi-user tweak"
                       c:author="kko"
                       c:name="aggreg8mu" />

    Replace ***PATH*** with the path of your rssfeeds.rdf's host directory (e.g.
    file:///C:/Program%20Files/K-Meleon/Profiles/default/<random>.slt/chrome/aggreg8/content/).

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    Set up macros.cfg

    Select "Tools" > "Advanced Preferences" > "Macros..." to open K-Meleon's macro configuration file macros.cfg and apply the following changes:

    XUL{
    $layer==true ? pluginmsg(layers,OpenURL,$xul):opennew($xul);
    }
    AllPrefs{
    $xul="about:config"; &XUL;
    }
    RSS{
    $xul="chrome://aggreg8/content/aggreg8mu.xul"; &XUL;
    }
    Master{
    $xul="chrome://pippki/content/pref-masterpass.xul"; &XUL;
    }
    Popups{
    

    Search macros.cfg for "aggreg8" to quickly find the correct location.