[Camino] Automatic proxy with PAC files.

[Brendon McLean]

Hi,

I have a rather annoying bug with Camino that just won't leave me  
alone.  I have two Network Locations that I use all the time.  The  
one is for normal home usage and has no proxies set up and the other  
is for work which requires using an autoconfig PAC file (it has to be  
a PAC file).  The problem is that I connect to work using Cisco's VPN  
tool.  In order to connect, I will first have to switch network  
locations, then connect the VPN.  Camino often messes this up because  
it tries to read the PAC file before the VPN tunnel has been  
established.  There is no other way to do this.  The VPN tunnel  
collapses on Network changed events so I can't simply change the  
order I do things.  Most of the time I just restart Camino and all is  
fine, but on days like today when I have 10 windows open, each with  
at least 8 tabs which I actually need to stay open, then I have to  
resort to firing up Safari.  This makes me very anxious because not  
only is Safari uglier than a bus, but it has an annoying UI (URL  
autocomplete kills me, no typing in drop downs, etc).

Being a Java developer, I decided to try and fix this myself.  How  
hard could it be?  The answer turns out to be: very (perhaps I'm just  
spoiled by Ant files).  After following the instructions for getting  
a build to compile on the Camino website, I kept running into errors  
for which Google has no answer.  After giving it about three hours  
without getting any closer to compilation, I have temporarily given up.

So this email is an impassioned plea for one of three things:

1) Can someone fix this bug (I filed it over 6 months ago).
2) Can someone help me out with getting Camino setup for development.
3) Can someone tell me the magic key/menu shortcut to get Camino to  
re-check the PAC file.

Regards,
Brendon