Re: Is it possible to use another GUI client and connect it to Emacs?

[Pascal J. Bourguignon]

"Tu, Do" <solidius4747@gmail.com> writes:

> For example, is it possible for me to write a package that connects
> Emacs from Firefox and exchange messages, so that I can manipulate
> texts and Firefox layout directly from headless Emacs server?
>
> Firefox is just an example. In general, I want to create a client that
> sends messages to Emacs daemon and receive back messages that tell my
> client how to manipulate my GUI objects and my client then starts
> handling based on the instructions. Currently, how easy it is to
> implement something like that?


With X11, it is possible to create a X window inside another X window,
even if it doesn't belong to the same process.

Therefore, it would be possible to have emacs create an emacs frame
inside another program X window.

Unfortunately, the API to do that is not exported at the elisp level.  A
patch to emacs would be required, and of course, the hosting application
would have to be modified to invoke emacs for its text editing areas.


X11 is under-exploited.

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