[webkit-dev] Plugin Questions
priyanka gupta
ahollyhock at gmail.com
Tue Apr 15 07:05:08 PDT 2008
Hi Seokbae
In the below mentioned link, there are different plugins provided (specific
for the browsers), because of the
The developer develops/debugs the plug-in on a Software Development Kit
(SDK) and test the plugins for the popular Browser Engines
2008/4/15 SON SEOK BAE <sbson at kt.com>:
> Thanks Darin and Priyanka!
>
> I didn't know that Firefox and Safari share the plugin programs before.
> (Well, I thought they were not exactly the same, even though they were
> pretty similar..)
>
> Why did I think like that? Well..
> For example, Flash player..
>
> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash&P2_Platform=Win32&P3_Browser=Netscape
> It mentioned Firefox, Mozilla, Netscape, Opera, but it didn't mention
> Safari...
>
> And in the below link..
> http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/
>
> There are no downloadable plugins for both Safari and Firefox..
>
> And Gecko(Firefox layout engine) supports 3 types of installation methods
> -- one of them provides installtions APIs (such as initInstall,
> performInstall, etc, but webkit doesn't seem to support those APIs..
> So, I thought Safari (Webkit) supports the diffent way of installation
> method.
>
> Those are the reason why I concluded that Safari and Firefox (or WebKit
> and Gecko) didn't share the plugins.
> But, surpringly to me, they share the same plugins in real. :)
>
> Thanks again!
>
> Seokbae
>
> -----원본 메시지-----
> *보낸 사람:* "priyanka gupta" <ahollyhock at gmail.com>
> *보낸 날짜:* 2008-04-15 오후 3:27:12
> *받는 사람:* "webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org" <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org>
> *참조:* "sbson at kt.com" <sbson at kt.com>
> *제목:* Re: [webkit-dev] Plugin Questions
>
>
> On Apr 9, 2008, at 11:19 PM, SON SEOK BAE wrote:
>
> > If I want to show contents (for example, Flash animations) with
> > WebKit port, what kind of flash player plugings should I install for
> > webkit?
> > I mean, will it be Flash player for Safari or Flash player for
> > Firefox or something else?
> > And are they really pluggable and working well with WebKit ports?
> > (I just don't understand why there are different "pluggins" for
> > Safari and Firefox even though they use the same plugin interface --
> > NPAPI.)
>
> The plugins are designed based on the platform, not based on the
> BrowserEngine.
> Whether the BrowserEngine is Safari or Mozilla or Netscape, the same
> plugin should work if both the plugin and the BrowserEngine have followed
> the Netscape Gecko NPAPI standards.
>
> Just that there are certain rules for various platforms.
> MS WINDOWS :
> -- plugins subdirectory, should be the same directory as the browser
> application
> -- plugin should have its own installer to modify the windows registry
> keys
> -- Plug-ins must have a 8.3 filename beginning with NP and ending with
> ".DLL"
>
> MacOS:
> -- On the Mac OS platform, the Plug-ins folder is located in the same
> folder as the browser application.
> -- Plug-ins are identified by file type NSPL.When the browser starts up,
> it searches subfolders of the Plug-ins folder for plug-ins and follows
> aliases to folders and NSPL files.
> -- Plug-in filenames must begin with NP
> -- The MIME types supported by a plug-in are determined by its resources.
>
> Unix:
> -- On Unix, the plugins directory is set by the environment variable
> ${MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME}/plugins.
> -- Plug-in filenames must begin with NP and ends with ".so"
> -- To determine the MIME types of the plug-ins, the browser loads each
> plug-in library and calls its required NPP_GetMIMEDescription entry point.
>
> Do correct me in case i have mentioned anything wrong.
>
> --Priyanka
>
>
>
> On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 2:36 AM, <webkit-dev-request at lists.webkit.org>
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> > 1. Re: Plugin Questions (Darin Adler)
> > 2. Re: Regarding HashSet (Darin Adler)
> > 3. Re: Patch for compilation error while building with gcc < 4.x
> > compilers on latest nightlies (David Kilzer)
> > 4. Re: KDE Webkit (Darin Adler)
> > 5. Re: Patch for compilation error while building with gcc < 4.x
> > compilers on latest nightlies (Darin Adler)
> > 6. Re: Re: Adding Javascript object to Webkit (Geoffrey Garen)
> > 7. Re: Adding Javascript object to Webkit (Mark Rowe)
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> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 08:56:19 -0700
> > From: Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Plugin Questions
> > To: SON SEOK BAE <sbson at kt.com>
> > Cc: webkit-dev <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org>
> > Message-ID: <7445C72C-FC3E-4726-8C79-2C22754B06CB at apple.com>
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> >
> > On Apr 9, 2008, at 11:19 PM, SON SEOK BAE wrote:
> >
> > > If I want to show contents (for example, Flash animations) with
> > > WebKit port, what kind of flash player plugings should I install for
> > > webkit?
> > > I mean, will it be Flash player for Safari or Flash player for
> > > Firefox or something else?
> > > And are they really pluggable and working well with WebKit ports?
> > > (I just don't understand why there are different "pluggins" for
> > > Safari and Firefox even though they use the same plugin interface --
> > > NPAPI.)
> >
> > There are not different plug-ins for Safari and Firefox on Windows.
> > Netscape-style plug-ins like Flash work in both browsers.
> >
> > I don't know what the answer is on Linux.
> >
> > Sorry I didn't answer all three of your questions, but that's the
> > answer to the first.
> >
> > -- Darin
> >
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> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:02:52 -0700
> > From: Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Regarding HashSet
> > To: priyanka gupta <ahollyhock at gmail.com>
> > Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > Message-ID: <524BF3F7-4BDC-4462-B7E9-209E14BC863D at apple.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >
> > On Apr 9, 2008, at 4:01 AM, priyanka gupta wrote:
> >
> > > I am new to Webkit, but in our project we are using Webkit 3.0 drop
> > > for application development.
> > > Is there any documentation available for proper usage of Hashset
> > > template and its member functions??
> >
> > Sorry, there is not.
> >
> > I've been thinking of writing some documentation about how to work
> > with HashSet and HashMap but this is the first request I've seen for it.
> >
> > Note that HashSet is currently intended for use only inside
> > JavaScriptCore and WebCore, not in applications.
> >
> > I don't know what "Webkit 3.0 drop" is, so I'm not sure how that
> > affects things.
> >
> > -- Darin
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 3
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:06:48 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: David Kilzer <ddkilzer at webkit.org>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Patch for compilation error while building
> > with gcc < 4.x compilers on latest nightlies
> > To: Srinivas Rao M Hamse <msrinirao at gmail.com>
> > Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > Message-ID: <646697.73883.qm at web52408.mail.re2.yahoo.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> >
> > Srinivas Rao M Hamse <msrinirao at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > For my compilation using arm-linux-gcc (GCC) 3.4.6, while trying
> > to
> > > build WebKit-r31848 on Gtk DirectFB, I am getting the following
> > compilation
> > > error.
> > >
> > > This error gets fixed after commenting out the line containing
> > "protected: "
> > > at *JavaScriptCore/kjs/nodes.h:210*.
> > > I have attached this patch for your review. Please include this in the
> > > coming builds so that the compilation goes through for less than gcc
> > 4.x.x
> > > compilers
> >
> > The accepted process for patch review and committing is to open a bug on
> > <https://bugs.webkit.org/> and attach the patch with the "review+" flag
> > set.
> > Please create a bug and attach the patch there.
> >
> > > In file included from ../JavaScriptCore/kjs/AllInOneFile.cpp:40:
> > > ../JavaScriptCore/kjs/dtoa.cpp: In function `void
> > kjs_freedtoa(char*)':
> > > ../JavaScriptCore/kjs/dtoa.cpp:2259: warning: cast from `char*' to
> > `int*'
> > > increases required alignment of target type
> >
> > You may want to fix this as well as it could cause crashes later.
> > Please file
> > a separate bug for this issue.
> >
> > Thanks!
> >
> > Dave
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 4
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:11:40 -0700
> > From: Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] KDE Webkit
> > To: Andre-John Mas <ajmas at sympatico.ca>
> > Cc: WebKit Development <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org>
> > Message-ID: <9E9328F6-F43E-4C7D-9AD0-F697D01A9CE0 at apple.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >
> > On Apr 11, 2008, at 4:03 PM, Andre-John Mas wrote:
> >
> > > I was curious to know what the status of the qtWebkit port was? Also
> > > once stable can we imagine seeing this as nightly, at least for
> > > Linux users?
> >
> > The work has been largely done by folks at Trolltech, and I think
> > they're including WebKit in the Qt distribution itself starting with
> > Qt 4.4.
> >
> > Those of us working cross-platform or on other platforms are trying to
> > contribute by keeping the TOT building on Qt, using the buildbot.
> >
> > I haven't heard any talk of nightlies.
> >
> > I found some info at <http://trolltech.com/webkit/webkit-announce/>, <
> > http://labs.trolltech.com/page/Projects/Internet/WebKit
> > >, and <http://www.google.com/search?q=Qt+WebKit>.
> >
> > -- Darin
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 5
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:15:47 -0700
> > From: Darin Adler <darin at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Patch for compilation error while building
> > with gcc < 4.x compilers on latest nightlies
> > To: Srinivas Rao M Hamse <msrinirao at gmail.com>
> > Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > Message-ID: <9E65F206-933F-4165-ABDD-55D823FFA44E at apple.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed; delsp=yes
> >
> > On Apr 14, 2008, at 7:07 AM, Srinivas Rao M Hamse wrote:
> >
> > > --- a/WebKit-r31848/JavaScriptCore/kjs/nodes.h 2008-04-12
> > > 04:28:00.000000000 +0530
> > > +++ b/WebKit-r31848/JavaScriptCore/kjs/nodes.h 2008-04-14
> > > 19:04:26.000000000 +0530
> > > @@ -207,7 +207,9 @@
> > > // Used to optimize those nodes that do extra work when
> > > returning a result, even if the result has no semantic relevance
> > > virtual void optimizeForUnnecessaryResult() { }
> > >
> > > +#if __GNUC__ > 4
> > > protected:
> > > +#endif
> > > typedef enum { EvalOperator, FunctionCall } CallerType;
> > > template <CallerType, bool> inline JSValue*
> > > resolveAndCall(ExecState*, const Identifier&, ArgumentsNode*, size_t
> > > = 0);
> > > };
> >
> > Patches for review should go in bugs.webkit.org, but I think it's
> > worth mentioning a couple problems I see immediately.
> >
> > This incorrectly removes the "protected" for non-GCC compilers and in
> > fact may not even compile there because __GNUC__ is not defined and
> > there's no check of it. And the check here says "> 4", which means the
> > protected is included only for GCC 5 and newer.
> >
> > -- Darin
> >
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 6
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 13:58:38 -0700
> > From: Geoffrey Garen <ggaren at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Re: Adding Javascript object to Webkit
> > To: David Hansen <david.hansen at gmx.net>
> > Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > Message-ID: <C8E5C77D-9C05-433F-AE51-5E9161DAF898 at apple.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed
> >
> > > Is there a way to set a timeout using this API or kill / interrupt a
> > > running wild script?
> >
> > No.
> >
> > Geoff
> >
> >
> > ------------------------------
> >
> > Message: 7
> > Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2008 14:06:59 -0700
> > From: Mark Rowe <mrowe at apple.com>
> > Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] Adding Javascript object to Webkit
> > To: Lee Ka Yuk <kylee at astri.org>
> > Cc: webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org
> > Message-ID: <7A4708FC-2B4A-4900-B7A8-65AF66B71261 at apple.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
> >
> >
> > On 10/04/2008, at 20:40, Lee Ka Yuk wrote:
> >
> > > Dear all,
> > >
> > > I've tested with JSCore/API and JSCore/binding.
> > > To my surprise, none of the test apps is working.
> > >
> > > I don't have <CoreFoundation/CoreFoundation.h> in my platform
> > > (Qtopia/Ubuntu) so I could not pass the build of
> > > JSCore/API/JSStringRefCF.h.
> > > How can I use JSCore/API then?
> >
> > #include <JavaScriptCore/JavaScript.h> to avoid the dependency on
> > CoreFoundation. It won't make testapi.c compile as that currently
> > exercises the two CoreFoundation-specific convenience functions in the
> > JavaScriptCore API.
> >
> > - Mark
> >
> >
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