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@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ collection of extensions and themes to make the browser truly your own.
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-This package may conflict with a SlackBuild known, here at SBo, as
+This SlackBuild may conflict with a SlackBuild known, here at SBo, as
"palemoon"; which repackages binaries offically released by the Pale Moon
devs. This SlackBuild attempts to, compile, build, and package, Pale Moon,
Slackware style, in a manner that conforms to official Pale Moon Linux
@@ -24,11 +24,23 @@ if desired.
See http://docs.slackware.com/howtos:software:palemoon for additional
tips and help resources.
+Using the Oxygen theme is known to cause Pale Moon to crash; if you are
+experiencing crashes, and segfaults, make sure you are not using this theme.
+See the help doc link above for creative tips and workarounds.
+
+It is important that the dependency gst-libav is present while Pale Moon is
+being compiled, or else Pale Moon will lack the ability to play h.264 html 5
+video; installing it after the fact will not resolve this issue.
+
A native fork of FireFox's developer tools exists as an external add-on or
internally. Pale Moon by default ships with the developer tools internally;
if desired, do DEVTOOLS=no ./PaleMoon.SlackBuild to build Pale Moon without
them.
+Pale Moon's default is to build, ship, and use its own internal dictionary;
+if desired, however, do USE_SYSTEM_HUNSPELL=yes ./PaleMoon.SlackBuild, to
+use the Slackware system Hunspell instead.
+
If your processor doesn't support sse2 instructions or you get segfaults,
try looking in the SlackBuild for the OPTIMIZE build option (eventually
refer to the Pale Moon developers for help).