Hi, well the windows port is progressing, albeit a touch slowly [well according to my standards :-D ];
the browser window displays now for a simple html page such as the default Apache page from localhost; in fact it works to display recognisable pages for test pages from localhost generally, including simple css, more advanced css, without large-scale data corruption; details need addressing such as wrapping, style, occasional wayward chars, etc; www.google.com is relatively normal; www.yahoo.com feeds corrupted data though at least the console is uncorrupted; even www.bbc.co.uk is recognisable redrawing works in a basic way, ie a redraw request is sent to the core for every window redraw event, I notice particularly when moving the window it should be smoother; one reason for that is that to avoid an endless loop I set a time limit between redraws; it seems that windows' WM_PAINT message is really rather basic, hopefully I 'll discover more useful ways of managing it as I progress Aside from that I foresee adding font style to the plotting, then hopefully adding images; as for the encoding bug, let's simply say the 'simple answer' of adjusting the LIBICONV_PLUG setting needs more looking into the toolbar I have tried to organise as 2 rebar controls for now; one for the toolbuttons, one for the url bar; making the url bar a dropdown combo; however the primary objective of simplifying resizing of the controls as the window is resized, seems to need further work as primarily both controls are put at the top-left of the rebar area, superimposed; in windows as well as in emulation; it would seem inconsistent with the 'automatic' management of rebars that I would need to recalculate the sub-elements' positions every time; as for making the url bar 'work', well it's a necessary task :-) the new MotherBoard turned up Friday so I've been enjoying configuring NVidia's screen resolution – thankfully after a little bit of work higher resolution than ever – upgrading my Ubuntu distribution from Hardy to Intrepid at least; upgrading my VMware installation to version 2; then discovering that I may have to persuade my ISP to send me a replacement modem whose Ethernet port is working [configurable in router mode] to re-enable shares from a windows VM to Ubuntu, though [not] emulation seems sufficient for my development purposes for now :-) Best regards Mark http://www.halloit.com Key ID 046B65CF
