Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote:
perhaps a better question is, instead of saying "it's not possible,
it's not possible", is to ask: how can the javascript namespace be
extended?
This might indeed be a better question, and it's a shame you didn't ask
it in the first place.
how can objects be dropped into the global javascript namespace [such
as how google added google.gears into the namespace]
It varies by platform. In the Qt port it's
QWebFrame::addToJavaScriptWindowObject.
(http://doc.qtsoftware.com/4.5/qwebframe.html#addToJavaScriptWindowObject)
Other platforms have their own interface.
how can those objects be dropped into the global namespace _without_
having to recompile webkit?
You don't need to recompile the WebKit library to use this function.
It's part of the public interface.
how can those objects be dropped into the global namespace in a
generic fashion using free software tools _without_ requiring a
boat-load of apple-only [near-proprietary] technology [i.e. without
requiring objective-c]
Qt is a free software tool which does not require Objective-C. The
binding of QObject to JavaScript objects is quite generic.
thanks to COM, and thanks to the design of the mozilla XUL system,
developers of firefox extensions can drop objects into the global
namespace at will, without having to ask the mozilla developers to
drop everything and add some random extensions.
If you want to add a generic extension system to your browser, go right
ahead. Hopefully the link I posted above is enough to get you started.
If you don't want to use the Qt port, you'll have to take a look at the
API you want to use to find out how they do it.
Joe
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