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Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: gvitale on Nov 07, '02 12:16:26PM

... as it is automatically updated by the program and you risk to loose your changes. Create a user.js file instead (plain text file) in the same directory as prefs.js and add there your prefs. Do this when the browser is not running.

This is the content of my user.js:

pref("chimera.show_history", true);
user_pref("image.animation_mode", "once");
pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", true);
pref("browser.chrome.favicons", true);
pref("font.minimum-size.x-western", 12);
pref("font.minimum-size.x-user-def", 12);
user_pref("browser.display.screen_resolution", 96);

Enjoy Chimera



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Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: poultryfarm on Nov 07, '02 03:28:22PM

both methods don't seem to work for me.

with the original hint the file seems to get written over - automatically generated.
and i tried the user.js method but my cache folder still seems to be filling up with files.

chimera knows to look in user.js or do i need to tell it to look there?
am i missing something.



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user.js problems--anyone else?
Authored by: ScooterComputer on Nov 07, '02 03:45:49PM

Is anyone else seeing problems getting user.js working? To get prefs.js to 'keep' changes, make sure you edit the file while Chimera is NOT running. But I just CAN'T get Chimera to read user.js...no matter what I do. I'm running the most recent nightly build, and don't want to file a bug report until I can possibly figure out what is going on. So it looks like at least two of us see it :)



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user.js problems--anyone else?
Authored by: poultryfarm on Nov 07, '02 04:29:56PM
To get prefs.js to 'keep' changes, make sure you edit the file while Chimera is NOT running.

i did do that but it is still not 'keeping' . as soon as i quit chimera and restart it has overwritten the file.


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user.js problems--anyone else?
Authored by: ScooterComputer on Nov 07, '02 06:28:26PM

Well, something else I found: make sure the file ENDS with an empty line. There should be one there in the default...also, i usually add stuff into the middle of the file; it seemed that when I added things to the end, they would get dropped off for some reason.



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Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: poultryfarm on Nov 07, '02 03:31:54PM
what are these 3 preferences, what do they do?
why do some have have 'user_pref' and others just 'pref'.

user_pref("image.animation_mode", "once");
pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", true);
pref("browser.chrome.favicons", true);


... so many questions sorry

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Re: Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: vgz on Nov 07, '02 04:05:02PM
what are these 3 preferences, what do they do?
why do some have have 'user_pref' and others just 'pref'.

user_pref("image.animation_mode", "once");
pref("browser.chrome.site_icons", true);
pref("browser.chrome.favicons", true);

... so many questions sorry


I would assume that the first one determines the numbers of times animated images play.
The second one makes the favicon for sites show up in their tab and the address bar.
The third one makes the favicons show up on your bookmarks.

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Re: Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: poultryfarm on Nov 07, '02 04:18:04PM

perfect. all clear now. thanks for the explanation.



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Re: Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: bipto on Nov 07, '02 06:16:42PM

But Chimera shows favicons in the tabs and address bar by default, right? At least it does for me...



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Re: Don't edit prefs.js ...
Authored by: poultryfarm on Nov 07, '02 06:25:48PM

for me (default is):

address bar yes
tabs no
toolbar no



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