DOS doesn't care for, or want, Java or plug-ins. Just Javascript and SSH (or whatever it's called) ...
Joe. ____ | From: Witold Filipczyk | To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Cc: | Sent: 14 December, 2001 03:49 AM | Subject: Re: I got it !!!..... | | | On Mon, Dec 10, 2001 at 06:07:10PM +0100, Michael | Polak wrote: | > | > Ok, this means, that it would make sense to release | new Arachne with | > this quick and dirty patch (but only optional, as | Arachne.cfg paramater, | > please... if you learn how to do this, you are ready | to take party in | > future open source Arachne development ;-) you have | to add this flag to | > user_interface structure (uiface.h), and to config.c | (analysing | > Arachne.CFG... BTW, it would help to optimize this | parsing, I can | > remember now... maybe someone can forward this to | Bernie ;) | > | > I was still too lazy/busy (choose whatever you like | - it's state of the | > mind anyway ;-) to setup CVS with cleaned-up | portable release of | > Arachne, with IKN format removed and all icons | converted to BMP (to | > allow easy definiton of browser skins...)... | > | The most important things first ;-) | I need fast, good looking browser for Linux. | It takes only some minutes to setup CVS. | | Main parts of www browser are HTML rendering engine | and networking stuff. | Networking could be done by 'libcurl'. libcurl is | available for Unices | and Windows. And even for 32bit DOS it could be | ported. | | HTML rendering in Arachne is quite good, although it | could be better. | | It would be nice if other gimmicks such as Java, | JavaScript, plugins | be done. | | I've got some ideas how to do it. For example: | JavaScript could be translated on fly into Perl or | Python and embedded | interpreter (compiler) do rest of work. | | I think it will be easier to bring all Arachne fans to | Linux than | do for DOS that what is already done for Linux, or | could be done easy. | | WF | |
