Ah, that would explain. I try it again.

That actually works.
Thanks for the help!

You are welcome.

Now if only I could figure out how to bind VK_LEFT and VK_RIGHT to select the previous/next link on the page (the way TAB does in Firefox).

Then things would be just perfect for me.

Anyone know the cmd_ code for selecting the previous/next link (href)?

Hey, can anyone please make a small python application that allows easy configuration of the buttons?

If you want the leave the line scrolling alone you can map the select button at the center of the dpad to page down by inserting one line in the file:

<handler event="keypress" keycode="VK_DOWN" command="cmd_scrollLineDown" />
to:
<handler event="keypress" keycode="VK_DOWN" command="cmd_scrollLineDown" />
<handler event="keypress" keycode="VK_RETURN" command="cmd_movePageDown"/>

Thanks go to dblank for giving me the keycode for the center button.

I think the [deprecated] wiki for "Internet:Microb Hardware Key bindings: Using the d-pad to scroll pages in Microb webbrowser" needs a minor edit, but I lack the confidence to do it unchecked. So if anyone who has a little better handle on Linux commands would make the change, I think it ought to be done.

The code

nano edit /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js

I think should not include "edit" and should be

nano /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js

But since I don't want to screw it up for others, I'll leave it to a more confident coder. With "edit," it didn't seem to go where I wanted; after removing the word, I had success.

From what you've written, it appears someone was (tersely) trying to instruct folks to "Use nano to edit /home/user/.mozilla/microb/prefs.js". You've correctly identified the proper command to accomplish that task, and that's probably the more helpful tidbit to provide.

So you're taking the plunge, eh?

Yeah, lm2, thanks for the tip. I think I like it better, I'll have to see over time. I've gotten so I often pop my NYTimes articles and the like into skweezer, set it to Fit-to-Width, and blow it up to 120% or 150%. Page-down seems to work pretty well with that. And I rarely used the line-by-line down-by-dPad anyway.

Also, I did my edit on the wiki, changing "nano edit" to just "nano".

A GeraldKo after my own heart! That's how I work it. But what do you mean by "pop in"? Do you just bookmark this, e.g.?

Since you're another fan of fit-width-to-view, can you believe that the iphone doesn't have this option? If you want to blow up font so you can read it, you've got to horizontal scroll your life away. What a joke!