Hello,
I've started fiddling with webkit's binding, as it seems rather unmaintained
and as I need some missing functions for my project (hbro).
First surprise: as is, darcs version of webkit package doesn't compile, because
of missing ObjectClass instances in Type.chs.
I didn't find any documentation about how the build chain works, so I resorted
to a plain reading of Setup*.hs files.
I first attempted to edit Types.chs directly, until I realized it is generated
by gtk2hsTypeGen before each build -- would have appreciated some hint about
that not to waste time.
I had to print some internal states from SetupMain.hs to display the arguments
fed to gtk2hsTypeGen -- side suggestion: what about adding some logs in Gtk2Hs
module so that newbies can understand what's going on ?
So it appears hierarchy{,3}.list files are read by gtk2hsTypeGen to generate
Type.chs. I noticed that GtkObject was removed from hierarchy3.list, and that
putting it back fixes the build as the ObjectClass instances get generated.
Was that GtkObject removal intended ? If yes, how else could we fix webkit's
build ?
Also, as I'm planning to update the webkit's package a little bit, would you
have some documentation/guidelines to recommend ? I've just started learning
FFI so I'm not aware of the usual idioms/good practices to apply.
--
koral
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