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@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@ CFLAGS += -Wall -Wextra -O3 -__NAME__ = zea +__NAME__ = lariza $(__NAME__): browser.c $(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS) \ @@ -1,9 +1,8 @@ -zea - zeig's einfach an -======================= + ========== + lariza + ========== -zea is a minimalistic web browser using Gtk2, GLib and WebKit. "Zeig's -einfach an" is german and translates roughly to "just show it" (the damn -web page). +A simple web browser using Gtk2, GLib and WebKitGtk. Features: @@ -22,30 +21,66 @@ Planned features: - Keyword based searching (opening "wi foo" will search wikipedia) -Using zea with tabbed -===================== +About the name +============== -The order of arguments for zea doesn't matter. This means you can run it -like this: +"lariza" stems from a german sentence: - $ tabbed -c ./zea file:///home/hans/bookmarks.html -z 0.8 -e + Alle anderen waren mir zu anstrengend. + l a r i z a + +That phrase basically means: "It was too tiresome to deal with any other +browser." I couldn't find a simple browser that does just what I need. +Most of them are utterly bloated, others lack essential functions. Thus, +I was forced to write scripts and tools and stuff to deal with these +issues. That is what was tiresome. I don't want to work around bugs or +nonsensical behavior anymore. + +So, I wrote my own browser^W WebKit GUI. WebKit does all the dirty work. + + +What lariza is and what it's not +================================ + +lariza does what I need. It won't do other things. I'm open for pull +requests but please don't be upset if I turn them down -- which might +happen if it's a feature that I simply don't need. + +Especially, it's very likely that lariza will never have a "follow +mode" like dwb, luakit or others have. I've used these browsers for +quite some time and I also used Firefox extensions that add a "follow +mode". The point is, "follow mode" doesn't work anymore. This was a good +thing ten years ago. Today, a lot of website make heavy use of +JavaScript or hovering. You NEED some kind of pointing device. I found +using "follow mode" to be very frustrating today, because you still have +to reach for the mouse all the time. So, you might as well just optimize +your mousing workflow. + + +Using lariza with tabbed +======================== + +The order of arguments for lariza doesn't matter. This means you can run +it like this: + + $ tabbed -c lariza file:///home/hans/bookmarks.html -z 0.8 -e Each new tab will then show your bookmarks and is scaled by a factor of 0.8. -If "-e" is not specified, zea will launch tabbed automatically. Note +If "-e" is not specified, lariza will launch tabbed automatically. Note that you can't use tabbed's "Ctrl+Shift+Enter" hotkey to open a new tab -this way (zea will simply call "tabbed -c -d", so tabbed will know -nothing about zea). However, due to zea's cooperative instances, you can -simply start zea a second time and it will create a new tab. +this way (lariza will simply call "tabbed -c -d", so tabbed will know +nothing about lariza). However, due to lariza's cooperative instances, +you can simply start lariza a second time and it will create a new tab. Adblock ======= -zea has built-in adblock functionality. In each line of +lariza has built-in adblock functionality. In each line of - ~/.config/zea/adblock.black + ~/.config/lariza/adblock.black you can store a regular expression. These expressions match case-insensitive and partially, i.e. ".*foo.*" is the same as ".*FOO.*" |