Re: An Emacs plug-in for a browser (Firefox?)

[T. V. Raman]

I'd leave the JavaScript engine completely on the Web browser
side, wouldn't let it perform *any* operations to Emacs (reason:
security).

I'd enable Emacs Lisp access to JavaScript, perhaps via a socket,
and allow lisp programs to generate and send javascript down that
socket. Incidentally I already do the latter with Firefox and an
extension called mozrepl.

>>>>> "Phil" == Phil Jackson <address@hidden> writes:
    Phil> address@hidden writes:
    >>> And this approach would appear to have a platform
    >>> independent nature, highly appealing.  I don't know
    >>> anything about Webkit.  Are you talking about adding
    >>> Webkit to the C level of Emacs, doing an Emacs Lisp
    >>> binding to Webkit (probably running in a separate process
    >>> or mulitple processes ala Chrome) or something else?
    >> 
    >> It's somewhat possible to do this already. I mailed a
    >> patch to emacs-devel some time ago that lets Emacs embed
    >> gtk widgets in a buffer, like images. (Its very alpha but
    >> shows that its possible, at least)
    Phil> 
    Phil> So, out of interest, how would a Javascript engine (if
    Phil> any) and elisp co-exist in any sort of harmony?
    Phil> 
    Phil> Cheers, Phil -- Philip Jackson
    Phil> http://www.shellarchive.co.uk

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--raman

      
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