[Eric] plugin repository

[detlev]

On Mittwoch, 13. Januar 2010, Flavio Coelho wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I figured out the plugin access thing, Eric was keeping a very old proxy
> configuration of mine, instead of reading the operating system proxy
> configuration (ubuntu in my case).

Is there anything like a universal way to get the system proxy settings. 
Unless I missed something even Qt doesn't provide something like that.

> After I removed the proxy, I could update the plugin list, and download
> plugins. So in the end it was my mistake.
> 
> thanks for the help,
> 
> Flávio
> 
> On Tue, Jan 12, 2010 at 5:43 PM, detlev <detlev at die-offenbachs.de> wrote:
> > On Dienstag, 12. Januar 2010, Flavio Coelho wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > I have experience a bug in Eric4 for a long time, and since no one 
> > > seems to notice or report it, I decided to mention it in the hope that
> > > there
> >
> > may
> >
> > >  be a simple solution to it.
> > >
> > > When you select the plugins menu and click on plugin repository, Eric
> >
> > showd
> >
> > > the plgin dialog, When I click the update button, it can't connect to
> > > the plugin repository (currently "
> > > die-offenbachs.homelinux.org/eric/plugins/repository.xml") and then
> > > sometimes eric crashes a while later.
> >
> > That should not happen. Do you get any error message?
> >
> > > I must say that I have NEVER, EVER, managed to connect to this
> >
> > repository.
> >
> > > May it should be moved to some other, more reliable, server. Eric also
> > > always complains it can't download the versions file...whatever that
> > > is. Anyone has a similar experience?
> >
> > Are you sitting behind a proxy? If so, please ensure, that the proxy
> > settings
> > are correct. It works for me without a problem.
> >
> > > thanks in advance,
> >
> > Regards,
> > Detlev
> > --
> > Detlev Offenbach
> > detlev at die-offenbachs.de
> 


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