Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets)

[T.V Raman]

Alexander Adolf <alexander.adolf@condition-alpha.com> writes:

does blink have the same issues? I remember seeing something about qt
dependency re blink that I didn't quite follow.> A very personal caution with 
respect to webkitgtk2 on macOS.
>
> We are using webkitgtk in another OSS project, and building it in macOS
> is a huge pain. You have to patch it (and devise new patches when a new
> version is released), and compiling it takes hours (literally). When a
> new webkitgtk version comes out, the pain starts all over again. This
> has gotten to the point that currently there is no macOS build of that
> OSS project.
>
> And on top you have a webkit implementation readily available on the
> macOS platform. Hence, we are actively seeking to either replace
> webkitgtk with something that works cross-platform, or - in case there
> isn't any such beast - to write a GTK-style wrapper for the macOS
> webkit.
>
> Thus, my very personal take would be that making webkitgtk a requirement
> is probably not a promising approach if macOS is to remain on the list
> of supported operating systems of this package (assuming that it would
> end up being a package, of course).
>
>
> Looking forward to your thoughts,
>
>   --alexander
>

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Thanks,

--Raman
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