Re: Emacs/Web-Browser Integration was :gnome/emacs integration

[T. V. Raman]

The js integration bit I've already done using mozrepl with
firefox -- search for Firebox on google.

I'd really like to have WebMacs == WebKit +Emacs --- and direct
Elisp bindings to the WebKit DOM.

>>>>> "David" == David Hansen <address@hidden> writes:
    David> On Mon, 28 Jul 2008 06:27:13 -0700 T. V. Raman wrote:
    >> It would definitely be nice to talk to GTK through an
    >> elisp/guile layer. But even more importantly, one aspect
    >> of Emacs that has sadly fallen behind significantly is
    >> emacs' ability to communicate with the Web. Ideally, we
    >> would have some kind of Emacs binding to Webkit as a
    >> rendering engine that was completely controllable from
    >> Elisp --- any takers?
    David> 
    David> The GTK port doesn't offer much control over the
    David> webkit widget.  If you want to do really cool stuff
    David> you would need to have some DOM bindings in Elisp.
    David> 
    David> AFAIK the GTK folks are working on bindings for
    David> GObject.  One could try to use this as a base for
    David> elisp bindings.  But I would think it's far more
    David> efficient (runtime and devel time) and more fun to
    David> just stick with JS.  But if you do that you can just
    David> write a stand alone app in the first place...  Just my
    David> 2 ¢.
    David> 
    David> David
    David> 
    David> 
    David> 

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--raman


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