[webkit-help] Building WebKit for ARM.

[Pritam Nandy]

Hi Sriram,

As I mentioned before, I would just like to hire the services
of Parser/Renderer component of WebKit only. I've a Browser Application
already implemented. Is there any such port for WebKit? If not, then I can
go for building the WebKit with GTK+ port.

-Pritam.

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 2:17 PM, Sriram Neelakandan <
sriram.neelakandan at gmail.com> wrote:

>
>> Is it absolutely necessary that if I need to build WebKit for ARM, I need
>> to do it with one of its ports? In that case, which would be the suitable
>> port providing only the parsing/rendering part?
>>
>
> Once again. Webkit is not a BROWSER !
> So there is no rendering that can happen without a toolkit (atleast today)
> !
> So without making a port decision you cannot compile webkit !
>
> Now the choice of the port depends on what kind of display hardware/driver
> support you have.
> First question are you running linux or WinCE on your target?
> Do you have linux framebuffer /  DirectFB  / X11 running ?
>
> Once you find answers for these questions, then you have to choose between
> QT and GTK based on your comfort level.
>
> There are full featured browsers that are built out of both these ports
> (look at epiphany and arora )
>
>
>> -Pritam.
>>
>>   On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 12:19 PM, Ariya Hidayat <
>> ariya.hidayat at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> You also might want to read first what I've written here:
>>>
>>> http://lists.macosforge.org/pipermail/webkit-help/2009-August/000146.html
>>>
>>>
>>> Like Holger wrote in his answer, modifying (and refactoring) one of
>>> the ports to suit your need is likely a better solution than creating
>>> a new port from scratch.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Ariya Hidayat
>>> http://www.linkedin.com/in/ariyahidayat
>>>
>>
>>
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>
>
> --
> Sriram Neelakandan
> Author - Embedded Linux System Design And Development (
> http://tinyurl.com/2doosu)
>
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