[webkit-dev] JavaScriptCore in Windows Applications

[Brent Fulgham]

Eric,

The Cairo library I use with WebKit is already static (notice that it  
is around 1MB in size, rather than the 25kb or so it would be as a  
link library).  I didn't want to have to include the cairo.dll either!

-Brent


On Jun 24, 2009, at 6:23 PM, Eric Brunstad wrote:

> Hi Brent,
>
> I will try to build the static JavaScriptCore.  I tried to build a  
> static Cairo but I was not successful.  Do you think it is possible  
> to build a static WebKit or are the dependencies too complex to  
> place all into one static library?
>
> Thanks,
> Eric
>
>
> On Jun 24, 2009, at 8:27 PM, Brent Fulgham wrote:
>
>> Hi Eric,
>>
>>> [...]These applications do not necessarily use WebKit (they could,  
>>> however) but they all use JavaScriptCore because they are written  
>>> in JavaScript (and interact with objects vended by the application).
>>
>>> [...] But, the WebKit built by the Cairo port has a ton of DLLs  
>>> that would have to be copied into each built application directory.
>>
>>> [...]So my question is, is it possible to either merge DLLS or to  
>>> compile all the source into one DLL in the first place?
>>
>> Both the official Apple WebKit and the Cairo build use various  
>> support libraries to provide various features.  The Cairo build has  
>> jpeg and png libraries, but in all other respects is comparable to  
>> what you would need for the official release.
>>
>> If you don't need the graphical features provided by the WebCore  
>> portions of WebKit, you should be able to just use the  
>> JavaScriptCore DLL.  This library will still require the ICU  
>> libraries and CFlite, but does not need cURL, Cairo, or jpeg and png.
>>
>> You should be able to build a static JavaScriptCore DLL if you  
>> build a static CFlite and custom ICU libraries.  Someone was  
>> interested in doing this (check the mailing list archives), and  
>> apparently you can drasticaly slim down the size of ICU by  
>> selectively excludig languages and features that aren't germane to  
>> your project.
>>
>> Ubfortunately, I did not create CFlite static build targets, but it  
>> should be easy to add this to your local build.
>>
>> -Brent
>>
>