From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.92]:33618) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmGvx-0005Km-9N for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:43:06 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmGvv-0003bb-5y for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:43:05 -0500 Received: from debbugs.gnu.org ([209.51.188.43]:42807) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.0:RSA_AES_128_CBC_SHA1:16) (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1gmGvu-0003b8-4F for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:43:03 -0500 Received: from Debian-debbugs by debbugs.gnu.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1gmGvu-0003jl-0X for guix-patches@gnu.org; Wed, 23 Jan 2019 06:43:02 -0500 Subject: [bug#34128] [PATCH] add emacs built with xwidgets-support Resent-Message-ID: References: <87zhrx4mlu.fsf@web.de> <87lg3cjrdh.fsf@gnu.org> <877eew70ge.fsf@web.de> <87munr7ply.fsf@elephly.net> <87o987hf82.fsf@gnu.org> From: Ricardo Wurmus In-reply-to: <87o987hf82.fsf@gnu.org> Date: Wed, 23 Jan 2019 12:41:54 +0100 Message-ID: <87fttj7g8t.fsf@elephly.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-patches-bounces+kyle=kyleam.com@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-patches" To: Ludovic =?UTF-8?Q?Court=C3=A8s?= Cc: Arne Babenhauserheide , 34128@debbugs.gnu.org Ludovic Court=C3=A8s writes: >> I performed the migration of the Emacs xwidgets feature from the old to >> the newer webkitgtk API, but that=E2=80=99s when I noticed that xwidgets= are >> hardly usable in its current state. I certainly wouldn=E2=80=99t use it= as a >> browser, for example, because there is virtually no integration with the >> rest of Emacs. >> >> It works fine for sending JavaScript snippets to the widgets and have it >> respond, but it=E2=80=99s not very well integrated into Emacs. Disabling >> JavaScript has the effect of disabling *all* JavaScript, which makes >> scrolling impossible (as it is implemented by sending JavaScript to the >> widget). >> >> Turning it into a usable browser would require more fundamental changes, >> and that=E2=80=99s when I stopped working on patches. > > Oh, I was more optimistic; thanks for explaining. > > Knowing this, what do you think of adding it as a package? We also have > =E2=80=98guile-emacs=E2=80=99 anyway=E2=80=A6 I=E2=80=99m not at all opposed to adding it as a package. After all, it is= a potentially useful feature and providing a package makes it more likely that people get to play with it and maybe extend the features by contributing elisp and JavaScript. -- Ricardo