[webkit-dev] Re: gtk port

[Alp Toker]

zaheer ahmad wrote:
> i have few questions on webkit gtk port
> 1- how to run the autotests - seem to be specific to mac and where to
> get those as they do not come with the nightly build tarball

None of the ports use autotools right now actually. the GTK+ port uses 
qmake. Here are the build instructions:

   http://trac.webkit.org/projects/webkit/wiki/BuildingGtk

> 2- gtk port uses pango, but internationalization (e.g. opening arabic
> pages) does not seem to work.

I've implemented initial Pango text rendering support. The patch is at 
http://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15610

Screenshot: http://www.ndesk.org/tmp/WebKitArabic.png

It's a little buggy but anyone who needs this is welcome to complete it. 
If the feature is important to people, I can prioritise it a little I guess.