[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> are a lot of web browsers around and just a couple of engines. So we >> could steal ideas and code snippets and prove that Objective-C and >> GNUstep are a better base for an engine then anything else around. >> > > >>>> The beauty of Objective-C is it's expandability. So I guess the best >>>> way would be to write a browser application as a stand-alone (i.e. >>>> WITHOUT a build-in WWW engine) providing just the basics, that is, a >>>> window (with tabs) that holds the documents (i.e. web pages) and the >>>> navigation bar. Everything else is implemented via "plugins." >>>> > > That can be done with any rendering engine as long as it uses a > compatible > implementation of WebView (and perhaps WebFrame). > > >> Prove those C++ coders wrong and make the world (wide web) a better place. >> > > What I (and all those who have attended the FOSDEM meeting) always > wonder, > is that the same ideas come up again and again. > > I think it is worth to mention SimpleWebKit here - a rough > implementation of > WebView, WebFrame, WebFrameView, WebDataSource etc. - completely > written > in Objective-C without any C++. The reason is that it must cross- > compile > on gcc 2.95.3 for some ARM processors. > > Here is the source code to look at: > http://www.quantum-step.com/download/sources/mySTEP/SimpleWebKit/ > > It is not complete but does HTML parsing - HTML rendering is not yet > available since I don't completely understand > the interaction between WebHTMLDocumentRepresentation, DOMHTML and the > WebHTMLView classes. > > Can we make it handle xml and xslt?
> All the other parts work - loading an URL, notifying end of load, > handling different MIME etc. > > So, volunteers to participate are very welcome! > > > @Jesse Ross: > > One question is of course if this will satisfy the Bounty conditions - > it is NOT WebKit ported, it is a compatible reimplementation. > > rgds, Nikolaus > > _______________________________________________ > Discuss-gnustep mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep > >
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