Trent Mick wrote: > hg wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Can one tell me what the status of this project is ?. I did google ... >> but not much out there. > > PyXPCOM source is in the main Mozilla CVS tree. It is being maintained > by Mark Hammond (the original developer of the extension). There isn't a > lot of activity on it, I think, because: > 1. Mark did such a good job of implementing it the first time around > that it needs very little work :) > 2. It is very high learning curve to get into playing with PyXPCOM > because there are no conveniently packaged builds of PyXPCOM for current > (or any) versions of Firefox or Mozilla. > > Interestingly, Mark is currently working *full* support for Python in > the Mozilla code base, i.e. being able to use Python anywhere you can > currently use JavaScript (in <script> tags in XUL and HTML). Look for > "nsdom" and Python. Note that it is still very much in development > phase, is only part of the Mozilla trunk (I believe) -- hence only > really applies to Firefox versions well beyond FF2. > > The pyxpcom mailing list is here: > http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/pyxpcom > > PyXPCOM is heavily used in Komodo > (<http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/>, the IDE that I work on > at ActiveState). > > Regarding #2 (from above): Mark started some discussion a while back > about the what it would take to provide builds of PyXPCOM. The answer > is that it would probably be very hard. > http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pyxpcom/3167613 > > > Cheers, > Trent > Thanks,
My need is as follows: I have developed an activex component to access a smart card on the client side / do some web site logon. Are xpcom / pyxpcom advanced/stable enough for such an implementation under Linux / Windows ? Regards, hg -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
