[webkit-dev] Access WebKit Rendering pixel data

[Arunprasad Rajkumar]

Yes :) Thanks for your better explanation & correction.

On 19 February 2013 00:04, Martin Robinson <mrobinson at webkit.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 18, 2013 at 9:57 AM, Arunprasad Rajkumar
> <ararunprasad at gmail.com> wrote:
> > yes :). WebKit is not a library, so it don't have defined form of API
> > exposed. The one who _uses_ WebCore(WebCore+WTF+JSC/V8) called as
> Embedders
> > have some form of API, but again it is up-to them to expose the level of
> > control to outside. Embedders call their work by different names like
> > QtWebKit, GTK WebKit, EFL WebKit,... & they may provide as libraries. All
> > have some level of documented Public API for its users.
>
> A small clarification: The ports are not embedders.
>
> It's true that WebKit, the project, is not a library. It is a code
> base and a community. Certain "ports" of WebKit are libraries or
> "embedding APIs", such as Mac Webkit, QtWebKit, EFLWebKit and
> WebKitGTK+. Because of the history of the WebKit project, the Mac port
> is sometimes just called "WebKit." You can think of the ports as
> WebKit implemented for a particular platform. These port libraries
> expose WebKit in slightly different ways depending on the culture and
> needs of the communities in which they exist. Applications that use a
> WebKit library to show a WebView or otherwise access web content are
> called embedders.
>
> Since this discussion is not about development of WebKit internals,
> it's probably better to move it to webkit-help.
>
> --Martin
>



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