[webkit-dev] WebKit port to my own system?!

Eric Seidel eric at webkit.org
Mon Jun 6 11:46:25 PDT 2011


I don't understand what you're asking.  I am not sure WebKit is your answer.

You may want to try asking on webkit-help, which deals with using
webkit.  This list deals with developing WebKit itself.

-eric

On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:40 AM, Soheil Servati Beiragh
<sservati at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The problem is I want my own graphic context on webkit but still I can't get
> rid of GTK for example. I want to have the ability to control the rendering.
> For example get string of the text from html, do the layout then display it
> on the screen. This means I will be between the HTML parser and the frame
> buffer directly and no GTK or Qt or...involved.
>
> Soheil Servati Beiragh
> PhD Candidate, ECE Department,
> Research Center for Integrated Microsystems,
> University of Windsor.
> Room 268 Essex Hall
> 401 Sunset Avenue
> Windsor, Ontario
> Canada, N9B 3P4
> Phone: 519-253-3000 Ext 3396
> Email: servati at uwindsor.ca
> ________________________________
> From: Eric Seidel <eric at webkit.org>
> To: Soheil Servati Beiragh <sservati at yahoo.com>
> Cc: "webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org" <webkit-dev at lists.webkit.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 6, 2011 2:21 PM
> Subject: Re: [webkit-dev] WebKit port to my own system?!
>
> No, there is no "stock" or "template" port of webkit.  Chromium might
> be the closest thing to such with it's PlatformBridge abstraction
> (since webkit runs inside a restricted sandbox in chromium and can't
> talk always directly to the OS).
>
> But you're better off starting with whatever port is closest to your
> system and working from there.
>
> -eric
>
> On Mon, Jun 6, 2011 at 11:16 AM, Soheil Servati Beiragh
> <sservati at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>> I was wondering if there is any version or project of webkit that can be
>> used to port on my own system? I mean a version that doesn't use GTK
>> or...to
>> access frame buffer. A version or a project that uses dumb frame buffer
>> and
>> I can fill the place of GTK or ...for it?
>>
>> Soheil Servati Beiragh
>> PhD Candidate, ECE Department,
>> Research Center for Integrated Microsystems,
>> University of Windsor.
>> Room 268 Essex Hall
>> 401 Sunset Avenue
>> Windsor, Ontario
>> Canada, N9B 3P4
>> Phone: 519-253-3000 Ext 3396
>> Email: servati at uwindsor.ca
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