Re: webkit2 and copying

[Jack <ostroffjh users sourceforge net>]

Hello Andreas,
On 2017.06.06 08:38, Andreas Schmidt wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have built balsa with the following configuration:
>
> $ ./autogen.sh --with-gpgme --with-gpg-app=/usr/bin/gpg2  
> --with-html-widget=webkit2 --with-spell-checker=gspell  
> --with-rubrica=yes --with-libnotify --with-canberra --enable-smime  
> --with-gtksourceview --without-gnome --with-libsecret --with-compface
Mine is
autogen.sh --prefix=/usr/local --build=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu  
--host=x86_64-pc-linux-gnu --with-gpgme=gpgme-config  
--with-html-widget=webkit2  --without-canberra --without-gnome  
--without-gtksourceview --without-gss --without-ldap --with-libnotify  
--without-rubrica --without-sqlite --without-compface  
--with-spell-checker=gtkspell --with-osmo --with-gcr
which has some differences, but does use webkit2.

> If I select text in a mail (or mail part, in multipart messages) with  
> Content-Type: text/plain and right-click it, the menu contains an  
> item "Copy". This item is missing for message parts with  
> Content-Type: text/html, and copying the selected text manually by  
> using <CTRL>+<C> does not work. However, I noticed that although I  
> cannot copy the text to the clipboard, I still can highlight the text  
> with the mouse and then paste the selected text via middle-click into  
> another document.
I see the same, but in the HTML part, I can select Edit/Copy - it just  
is not present in the right click context menu.  Also for me, even in  
HTML part, Ctl-C does work.

> Perhaps this issue occurs only with webkit2? According to the README  
> file, the following options are allowed for the HTML widget:
>         --with-html-widget=(no|gtkhtml4|webkit|webkit2)

> If I remember correctly, webkit is deprecated, and is only there for  
> backwards compatibility. Using gtkhtml4, I get the error "You enabled  
> gtkhtml4 but it was not found." OK, let's search the available  
> packages for gtkhtml:
>
> # grep-available -P gtkhtml | grep ^Package
> Package: libgtkhtml-4.0-common
> Package: libgtkhtml-4.0-0
> Package: libgtkhtml-editor-4.0-0
> Package: libgtkhtml3.14-19
> # apt-get install libgtkhtml-4.0-0
> Reading package lists... Done
> Building dependency tree
> Reading state information... Done
> E: Unable to locate package libgtkhtml-4.0-0
> E: Couldn't find any package by glob 'libgtkhtml-4.0-0'
> E: Couldn't find any package by regex 'libgtkhtml-4.0-0'
> #
gtkhtml-4.10-0 is available for me under Gentoo.  I don't have an  
ubuntu system handy, but can you try something like "apt search  
gtkhtml" ?  I'm not familiar with grep-available, but it appears it is  
using a database out-of-sync with your actual system.  (No, I have no  
idea which is or isn't correct - but re-syncing both of them might be a  
first start, although I have no idea how to do that.)

Jack
> So, now I have two questions: Does the copying issue occur only with  
> webkit2, or is it independent of the HTML-widget used? Have I  
> overlooked something, or why can't I install gtkhtml on Debian/Sid?
>
> Best regards
>
> Andreas

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