From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Miles Bader Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Why Emacs should have a good web-browser Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:29:08 +0900 Message-ID: <87zlb2bwyj.fsf@catnip.gol.com> References: <87ocrjl2r6.fsf@gmail.com> Reply-To: Miles Bader NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1247880569 27864 80.91.229.12 (18 Jul 2009 01:29:29 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 18 Jul 2009 01:29:29 +0000 (UTC) Cc: ferkiwi+a@gmail.com, Stefan Monnier , emacs-devel@gnu.org To: Paul R Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Jul 18 03:29:22 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1MRyjp-0002DN-J0 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 03:29:21 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:33269 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRyjp-0007I8-3j for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:21 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRyjl-0007I3-AZ for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1MRyjh-0007Hp-Ty for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:17 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=39705 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1MRyjh-0007Hm-OY for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:13 -0400 Original-Received: from smtp12.dentaku.gol.com ([203.216.5.74]:59343) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1MRyjf-0004YT-MH; Fri, 17 Jul 2009 21:29:12 -0400 Original-Received: from 218.231.109.150.eo.eaccess.ne.jp ([218.231.109.150] helo=catnip.gol.com) by smtp12.dentaku.gol.com with esmtpa (Dentaku) id 1MRyjc-0005Jb-TF; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:29:08 +0900 Original-Received: by catnip.gol.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 4532FDF72; Sat, 18 Jul 2009 10:29:08 +0900 (JST) System-Type: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu In-Reply-To: <87ocrjl2r6.fsf@gmail.com> (Paul R.'s message of "Fri, 17 Jul 2009 17:59:09 +0200") Original-Lines: 18 X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV GOL (outbound) X-Abuse-Complaints: abuse@gol.com X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:112658 Archived-At: Paul R writes: > How about doing that the other way, that is rendering emacs buffers in > webkit (or an other xhtml/css+js lib), making it the default rendering > backend for emacs in graphic mode. It would probably cut off some large > amount of emacs plateform-specific code and make web integration tight. Please give more details about what you mean. Emacs' display engine is not simple, and much code relies on its (many) features. It would seem quit difficult to make it use a high-level display toolkit with very different abstractions. -Miles -- /\ /\ (^.^) (")") *This is the cute kitty virus, please copy this into your sig so it can spread.