Re: [Gnash-dev] Flash/Gnash based simple paint programs for OLPC -

[strk]

On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 10:31:26AM -0500, Martin Langhoff wrote:

>  - Is there an easy way on ubuntu or fedora to have both gnash and
> adobe flash player installed and switch them (with a browser restart,
> of course) or to have one webbrowser with each? (I normally run
> firefox, epiphany and galeon just to have various user sessions on the
> same webapp)

I used to have scripts to launch one or the other by means
of MOZ_PLUGIN_PATH env variable. See wiki 
http://wiki.gnashdev.org/Gnash_Tips#How_to_use_gnash_NPAPI_plugin

>  - Is there a gnash/flash development environment on linux? If I find
> a candidate tool that I want to tweak or fix, I want to avoid having
> to license and run Adobe's Flash thing... with the additional burden
> of using wine or borrowing a mac.

Ming is a good one, but you should accompain it with somthing external
to produce the graphics (it's easier). MTASC is a compiler which lets
you do AS2 (classes).  No "intergted" environment I'm afraid.
I'd go Ming + anything that lets you export in SWF for assets.

>  - Are there good debugging tools, strategies, hints, practices,
> howtos to work on making existing flash content more compatible with
> Gnash?

Try and check, at every step.
It's about the same debugging process you'd do when targetting
Adobe, with only difference that Gnash gives you much more verbose
error reporting (and you have sources and a nice and cooperating
bunch of hackers :)

--strk;