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If you have any questions, I would be glad to answer them :-)

You can also check out our FAQ https://nyxt.atlas.engineer/faq

1. You list enchant as a dependency - it seems to have been removed from debian testing/unstable (see https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/enchant). You might want to change/adjust the list of dependencies (on https://github.com/atlas-engineer/nyxt/blob/master/documents...). It didn't seem to matter for the build.

2. I just built nyxt from source on debian testing - make all works, but make install fails with

    Unhandled SB-INT:SIMPLE-FILE-ERROR in thread #<SB-THREAD:THREAD "main thread" RUNNING {10018782D3}>:
    Can't create directory /usr/local/share/applications/

I can invoke the browser from the build directory.

3. Is there a way to clear things like history, cookies, form data, and saved passwords (either immediately or automatically when the browser is closed)? It's what I do with firefox. Also, is there a way to automatically clear the cached stuff in ~/.cache/nyxt?

You can add a pre-quit, or startup hook handler to clear your cache. Please see the manual section about books.

Ignore my comment about make install failing. I just forgot the sudo - worked fine the second time.

I'll check the manual about hooks. Thanks.

One question I had, which is partly answered in the FAQ, is what rendering and JS engines are used.

The FAQ says it can run on either WebKit/WebEngine (Blink) – how does it decide? Which is the default, and are there tradeoffs to using one or the other with Nyxt specifically?

What JS engine is used?

The FAQ entry talks of their being a basic interface: the point is that these two engines have code that realises this interface. Other engines could also provide implementations of this interface.

I'd be pleased if a Servo hacker stepped up and did this.

What would it take to get this working with Servo? I know Servo itself isn't really done yet, but let's ignore that for now.

I hope someone rolls by and answers: I am at the stage of following enough to be interested in the concept of integrating all the parts of a DOM engine with a proper GPU-friendly compositor in a modular way, but not at the stage of understanding the interfaces of the modules.

Everything needed is at the bottom of the browser.lisp source file, one would need to implement all `ffi-*` named functions.

What is Servo you want to work with the Nyxt browser?

Does the block-mode work like DNS blockers or does it do more advanced blocking?

Also, is there a way to securely interface with things such as keepassxc without leaking secrets while piping stuff?

Indeed there is; we are cognizant of this problem!

As per block mode, it can block stuff by predicates, URLs, and any logic you like.

Just tried it and my first impression is: "this was built for me! I love it!". One bit of friction: I'm in vi mode. I hit 'f' to follow links. Apparently I need to hit 'i' before it will accept input. It would be better if it started in insert mode. Example: 'f' followed by 'g' just prints 'pressed key g'.

Please create an issue on GitHub for this so we do not forget! Thank you!

The download page says I can install from guix but I don't see it listed as an installable package in "guix search" or on https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/N/

Is it available through guix?

The Guix package list is paginated, you need to navigate to the second page:

https://guix.gnu.org/en/packages/nyxt-2.0.0/

If "guix search nyxt" does not work, perhaps you need to 'guix pull'?

I've installed a few of the v2 pre-releases using guix, and I assume that this version is also available.

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