[SOLVED] konqueror not working as man page viewer anymore ?

[baldyeti]

if i type "#awk" in the address box, it turns into "man:/awk" and the wheel at the right of the search box just spins and spins ...

[Rog131]

Bug 377084 - WebEnginePart does not render kio output (kio_help, kio_man, ...) - https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=377084

A workaround - use the "KHTML" until the https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-61937 is fixed...

[baldyeti]

Thank you Rog131. Do you have any idea if this has a chance of getting fixed before release ?
Also I am not sure i understand the workaround; are you suggesting i install libkhtml5, and would konqueror then use that instead of webkit ?

[Rog131]

Konqueror with the Beaver: https://packages.ubuntu.com/bionic/konqueror

Installing:
- konq-plugins
- libkf5khtml-bin

=> There should be an option to pick:



and then:

[baldyeti]

Thanks again, this works! I suppose the trade-off is khtml is behind webkit in terms of supporting "modern" html ?

[Rog131]

KDE Forums - Is Konqueror dead?: https://forum.kde.org/viewtopic.php?f=22&t=127884