From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: joakim@verona.se Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: webkit integration in the xwidget branch Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:12:31 +0200 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: dough.gmane.org 1309291977 27481 80.91.229.12 (28 Jun 2011 20:12:57 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@dough.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2011 20:12:57 +0000 (UTC) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Tue Jun 28 22:12:53 2011 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([140.186.70.17]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1QbeeQ-0000NI-QK for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:12:50 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:49632 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QbeeP-0005xT-WC for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:50 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([140.186.70.92]:40611) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1QbeeB-0005xC-Bf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:36 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qbee9-0003vT-Sx for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from batman.blixtvik.net ([87.96.254.3]:38497) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Qbee9-0003vH-Mf for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 16:12:33 -0400 Original-Received: from chopper (139-210-96-87.cust.blixtvik.se [87.96.210.139]) by batman.blixtvik.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB4AE7F912C for ; Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:12:31 +0200 (CEST) In-Reply-To: (joakim@verona.se's message of "Tue, 28 Jun 2011 22:00:22 +0200") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.0.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-Received-From: 87.96.254.3 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:141146 Archived-At: joakim@verona.se writes: > I did a proof of concept webkit xwidget in the xwidget branch. > > It loads www.fsf.org, moves about in the buffer like an image, and you > can click on links and so on. (there are display glitches still) > > pros: > - shows tighter webkit integration is indeed possible and that the > xwidget branch is a pretty cool playground > > cons: > - well, webkit doesnt have an out of the box mvc model. I find it > perplexing that state of the art web engines in 2011 cant even do a 1990s > type split pane view. I did some brief research around this mysterious > ommission and found odd references in wikipedia that this might be > covered by a patent or something. I hope I'm just having a bad dream. > > Links like these: > http://www.chromeplugins.org/plugins/google-chrome-dual-view/makes me think time stands still. Which is good news for us Emacsers I > suppose. > > Anyway, if proper real MVC can't be had, kludges can still be made, like > copying DOM trees betwen views and stuff. But I'd prefer there to be > something nice. The readme might be of interest: http://bzr.savannah.gnu.org/lh/emacs/xwidget/annotate/head:/README.xwidget -- Joakim Verona