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| author |  Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-09-13 15:09:37 -0400 |
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| committer | Joey Hess <joey@kitenet.net> | 2013-09-13 15:09:37 -0400 |
| commit | 1e622ebba238639c9f1c34521c1904b17e216f24 (patch) | |
| tree | 1158001663b7d09641973109a544ef9bf7a248fc /doc/todo/wishlist:_simple_url_for_webapp.mdwn | |
| parent | 37ff141ff86a4ffd974e17c8cebdf6df9c0e9fd6 (diff) | |
move wishlist items to todo
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diff --git a/doc/todo/wishlist:_simple_url_for_webapp.mdwn b/doc/todo/wishlist:_simple_url_for_webapp.mdwn new file mode 100644 index 000000000..4549f2e74 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/todo/wishlist:_simple_url_for_webapp.mdwn @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +### Please describe the problem. + +The environment is os/x with chrome as the browser. + +Let's say I close the tab with the webapp running in it. The 'git-annex webapp' process is still running, according to 'ps'. + +So I open a new tab, but then what do I type into the browser url bar to get the app back? What is usually there is a loopback address and an authorisation hash. + +* Should I double-click on the git-annex icon in the dock (or Applications directory)? +* I figured out from observing the startup that if I give the url ://localhost/Users/me/annex/.git/annex/webapp.html I will get redirected to the right place. +Should I set up a bookmark for that? + +### What steps will reproduce the problem? + +see above. + +### What version of git-annex are you using? On what operating system? + +Version: 4.20130723-ge023649 +Build flags: Assistant Webapp Pairing Testsuite S3 WebDAV FsEvents XMPP DNS +os: os/x 10.8.4 + +### Please provide any additional information below. + +I notice that in the webapp ui, all the items at the top of the page highlight when one hovers over them and have useful URLs attached, +with the exception of the 'git-annex' item at the far left.What if that had the entry point url attached to it (so one could bookmark that)? + +> The git-annex assistant is designed to stay running in the background whether you have the web browser open or not. You can open the web display at any time by +> using the git-annex menu item (on linux) or running the git-annex-webapp +> program (which is in the DMG on OSX). +> +> If the file:// url were exposed to users, it would not work if +> the assistant had not already been started. This is why there is a program +> to open the webapp, not an url. +> +> Not a bug; [[done]] --[[Joey]] |