the firefox / whatwg already have a fleshed out model for how 'offline' mode should work for a web browser, including local document storage, etc. have you looked at that (before we invent our own ways to write web apps)? --scott
On 2/16/08, Samuel Klein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Moving this thread to devel. SJ > > On Feb 16, 2008 11:54 AM, edward baafi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Luke, > > > > It appears from your code snippet that you have a browse activity build > > which has pyxpcom enabled.. Is this built by default on Joyride? If not, > > how can you best get me access to your pyxpcom enabled environment? > > > > What I've discussed with SJ and Manu is a somewhat different approach than > > what you seem to be pursuing.. We're looking at wrapping core > functionality > > we want access to from javascript (ex: launching journal to browse for or > > save a file) in xpcom interfaces.. Then one could simply write javascript > > code to manipulate the DOM with hooks into sugar stuff like journal, > > presence, sharing, etc.. I'm not sure how Mozilla's privileged code model > > will relate to bitfrost, but I think this route is worth pursuing.. > > > > Alternatively, if you are interested in using python to manipulate the > DOM, > > this is also possible directly > > (http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/PyDOM).. This should be possible in > > your build or it is a simple config (--enable-extensions=python,default) > > change.. > > > > Looking forward, > > > > Ed > > > > > > > > On Feb 14, 2008 5:47 PM, Manusheel Gupta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Luke, > > > Thanks for the update. > > > > > > I wish to introduce you to Edward Baafi, who has been working with > PyXPCOM > > for a long time. Me, SJ, and Edward had a detailed discussion about > > JavaScript-Sugar integration yesterday. Komodo, a project from the > > ActiveState Community is an interesting use-case that can be very useful > to > > the Spreadsheet project. > > > > > > Edward directed us to the following links: > > > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg02285.html > > > > > > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pyxpcom/3476506 > > > > > > > > > > > > Edward, > > > Thanks a lot for your pointers. > > > > > > Regards, > > > Manu > > > > > > > > > Manusheel Gupta > > > Technical Consultant and Adviser > > > One Laptop Per Child Inc. > > > http://laptop.org > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 3:25 PM, Luke Closs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hello guys, > > > > > > > > So tonight I made some progress on the python <-> js communication, > > > > and I also better understand how activity load/saving should work. > > > > > > > > In my python code, when I set up the WebView object, I can > > > > addEventListener for the 'click' event. Then I create a python class > > > > that is called when I click on the HTML page. In the event listener, > > > > I can check for event targets with a certain id. > > > > > > > > I set this up for a certain span in a simple HTML page, and my python > > > > code could grab the content from inside the span, and change it! The > > > > code looks like this: > > > > > > > > class EventListener: > > > > _com_interfaces_ = components.interfaces.nsIDOMEventListener > > > > > > > > def handleEvent(self, event): > > > > t = event.target > > > > if t.id != 'count': return > > > > elem = t.queryInterface(components.interfaces.nsIDOM3Node); > > > > print elem.textContent > > > > elem.textContent = '42' > > > > > > > > web_view.window_root.addEventListener('click', EventListener(), False) > > > > > > > > > > > > With this bit of understanding, I need to start thinking about exactly > > > > how we'll integrate with the spreadsheet. I'll start thinking of the > > > > 2 main actions: > > > > > > > > save: > > > > * python fires event to say "start saving" > > > > * js runs code to create the content to be saved, sticks it into an > > > > element > > > > * js fires event to say "ready to save" on the element > > > > * python reads textContent from event target > > > > * python saves to disk > > > > > > > > load: > > > > * python reads from disk > > > > * python writes content into dom > > > > * python fires event to say "ready to load" > > > > > > > > > > > > I need to extend my simple test program to save/restore data between > > > > runs, and then to save into the dom. From what I read, my activity > > > > just needs to implement read_file and write_file... > > > > > > > > Anyways, I'm going to sleep on this. > > > > > > > > BTW, I'm going snowboarding at Whistler tomorrow evening, and taking > > > > Friday off. The weekend looks busy, so I can't promise any hacking. > :) > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > Luke > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > -- ( http://cscott.net/ ) _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel
