On Mon, 4 Apr 2016 12:14:30 +1000 David Seikel <[email protected]> said:
> > file:/// ..... (but i have to write a uri parser/converter first) > > http://.... (but then i have to write a whole http fetcher, > > downloader, cacher) > > ssh://.... (like with http - but need to use > > libssh etc.) > > As part of my SledjHamr project, I'm looking at http caching now. > Polipo is something I have been using for some time as a web cache / > proxy / filter. I feel it's a good match for my big virtual world > project. I'm thinking it might port easily to EFL, which I'm likely to > do eventually. that is a whole different caching. polipo is a caching proxy. i am thinking just simple stuff like keep files in a dir - if url opened > 1 time - point back to existing file already downloaded. delete/clean up files on exit. keep only up to n files or n mb worth of files around that are not referenced. the downside here is if app crashes or doesn't exit cleanly stuff will be left around. :/ polipo is a whole different kettle of fish. > It cleans up client and server side protocols, promoting them to the > latest and the fastest. Includes SOCKS4 / 5 for upstream, which I have > been using via ssh. Was designed to be a single user (mostly) proxy, > which fits my needs at least. It even has a filter which I feed > converted AdBlock+ filter files to. > > Since it cleans up protocols as a proxy layer, I figure it's fetcher > and server bits might be usable anywhere I need an HTTP fetcher or > server. SledjHamr relies a lot on HTTP to shift assets around, so > that will be useful to me. Even file:// will be useful, one of my > major features is that SledjHamr defaults to running a local server on > your desktop hard drive. > > I had previously ported luaproc to EFL, and I expect similar results > if I port polipo, lots of the code vanished, since it was just > implementing stuff EFL does anyway. Which is what makes such things > good candidates for EFL porting. B-) > > > I've not been commenting on the UI syntax, since I've been working on > my own, which is a C / Lua reboot of something I wrote long ago in > Java. It's designed to suit my needs. > > -- > A big old stinking pile of genius that no one wants > coz there are too many silver coated monkeys in the world. -- ------------- Codito, ergo sum - "I code, therefore I am" -------------- The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) [email protected] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ enlightenment-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/enlightenment-devel
