[Users] Claws Mail 4.3.0 fancy plugin: only black window at message detail

[Franta Hanzlík]

On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 14:20:02 +0100
Michael Schwendt <bugs.michael at gmx.net> wrote:

> On Mon, 18 Nov 2024 13:16:10 +0100, Franta Hanzlík wrote:
> 
> > Hi all, I have Claws Mail 4.3.0 on Fedora 41, about all available plugins 
> > installed (list below).
> > Problem: selecting HTML mail part, at message detail place is only black 
> > rectangle.  
> 
> Cannot reproduce that. text/html message parts with and without loading
> images are displayed fine here.
> 
> > And claws mail stderr on terminal display:
> > 
> > (claws-mail:3960574): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 12:57:23.659: ../gobject/gsignal.c:2532: signal 'resource-request-starting' is invalid for instance '0x55709db8a470' of type 'WebKitWebView'
> > 
> > (claws-mail:3960574): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: 12:57:23.659: ../gobject/gsignal.c:2532: signal 'resource-load-failed' is invalid for instance '0x55709db8a470' of type 'WebKitWebView'
> >   
> 
> I get those, too, but HTML mails work nevertheless.
> 
> > Because at Configuration --> Plugins... --> Fancy HTML Viewer says:
> > "This plugin renders HTML mail using the WebKit 2.45.91 library."
> >
> > but when I list my installed webkit packages, they are with 
> > a slightly higher version of the webkit:  
> 
> "Slightly higher" doesn't make it ABI incompatible and thus doesn't require
> a rebuild of Claws Mail. 2.45.9x have been late releases for the 2.46 series.

I thought it wouldn't matter if dnf/rpm installed everything without 
problems and without unresolved dependencies.
But those 'GLib-GObject-CRITICAL' reports left me confused...

> > Installed Claws mail and its plugins version:  
> 
> As a side-note: Installing all the plugin RPM packages doesn't
> automatically load all the plugins within Claws Mail.

Yes, I know, but I had Fancy plugin loaded (and also tried change 
its settings under Configuration -> Preferences -> Plugins -> Fancy,
but without success...
-- 
Franta Hanzlík