August 2004 - Dillo-dev - lists.mailman3.com

[Dillo-dev]Is IO.txt outdaetd?

by Calvin Yu

It says dillo uses threads for DNS querying and reading local files, and signal driven I/O for TCP connections. When the socket gets ready for transmission, the data is sent using g_io_channel_write. But I can't not find the place where g_io_channel_write is invoked in the code. In previous posts I see "When using threads and mutexes (pthreads), thread scheduling is done by a third thread or by the kernel (depends upon the implementation), and it is preemptive. Now, the address space may be shared, so the need for mutexes arise, and because of both reasons, performance is degraded. Using a pseudo-thread (CCC thread), doesn't require scheduling by an external process or by the kernel. All is done in the same process, but there's no preemption." But I do find a thread is spawned in "a_IO_write_chunk()". Would you please tell me the reason? What does pseudo-thread mean? Is such thread spawned in "a_IO_write_chunk()" pseudo-thread? Thanks a lot!

Aug. 9, 2004

[Dillo-dev]why must FLTK?

by Calvin Yu

hello everyone: In order to support double-byte characters, we must port GUI from gtk+1.2 to others, right? The FAQ tells me that the developers are planning to port GUI to FLTK. Who is so kind to tell me any alternatives? I hear FLTK is very complex and not stable. By the way, has anyone taken gtk+-directfb into account? I complied it and ran some example applications. It looked pretty. If we port GUI to gtk+-directfb, we don't need X server any more. It would save a lot of resources. Futhermore, the work will be much less because of similar APIs between gtk-1.2 and gtk-2.x. Best Regards From Calvin Yu

Aug. 6, 2004

[Dillo-dev]what can i do for dillo?

by Calvin Yu

dillo-devOn Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 07:41:33PM +0800, Calvin Yu wrote: > Dear Jorge Arellano Cid: > I'm very thankul for your advice and help. Good. > > I'm a student of colloge in China. My advicer gave me a project > of linux light-weight browser as my project for graduation. After > reviewing several open-source linux browsers, I think Dillo is a > good choice. For it is small and fast, especially fit for > embedded linux device. But there are some flaws with it. For > example, it doesn't support Chinese and JavaScript. I think these > functions are important for a browser. So I hope I can add those > functions to Dillo. As I told you before, Javascript is very complex to add. Not only the current Dw system is not ready for it, but also Javascript poses a big security threat that needs to be addressed in detail. > You told me that many persons want to make Dillo render > chinese, but they don't collaborate with you. Yes it is possbile. > I think most of them want to do such work because of their own > interest, not necessary mission. When they meet with difficulties > they will give up and disappear... I understand. > But now I have to do some work on Dillo (If I choose it as my > prototype system). I hope I can resolve those problems. Rendering chinese, alone, is more than a challenging task for a graduation project. As you know, we plan to port Dillo to FLTK, once that's done, rendering Chinese would require two things: a) Add the glyph logic module for Chinese to FLTK. b) Make sure Dillo works OK with it (FORMS, etc). You can also help us with the port to FLTK. > By the way, would you please tell me what documention should I > read if I want to do those work? I can't find enough documents on > www.dillo.org. Now I'm reading the code of Dillo. The new FAQ in our site will suggest several links (that's plenty of documentation, only for the i18n subject). Then follow the whole thread on FLTK. It shows the feasibility analysis. Please note that it's an abridgement, not all the emails we exchanged with the FLTK team are there! It was a large work. Beware that one of the worst mistakes to do in SW projects is to underestimate the complexity. My advice for you is to try Chinese rendering. That is: a) Add the glyph logic module for Chinese to FLTK. b) Make sure Dillo works OK with it (FORMS, etc). c) Help us with the port to FLTK. Cheers Jorge.-

Aug. 6, 2004

Re: [Dillo-dev]this page hangs dillo

by Jorge Arellano Cid

On Wed, Aug 04, 2004 at 03:40:23PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote: > on my NetBSD/i386 box with dillo-current as of a couple of days ago, this > following ebay page will hang dillo. does this work for anyone else? > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5712094427 I can see it without problems... Cheers Jorge.-

Aug. 5, 2004

Re: [Dillo-dev]WebCalendar

by Jorge Arellano Cid

On Thu, Aug 05, 2004 at 11:01:26AM +0200, Peter Sinn wrote: > > WebCalendar does not display properly with Dillo 0.8.2 (Solaris 9), see: > > http://www.k5n.us/opensource/month.php > > or http://webcalendar.sourceforge.net/demo/login.php > > Is this a problem with Dillo or with WebCalendar? Dillo shows 38 bugs for this page. The W3C: 155. Cheers Jorge.-

Aug. 5, 2004

[Dillo-dev]about CCC module

by Calvin Yu

hello everyone: There is no document about it under dillo/doc? Can anyone post some documents about this theory or design of this module? Thank you all!

Aug. 5, 2004

[Dillo-dev]WebCalendar

by Peter Sinn

WebCalendar does not display properly with Dillo 0.8.2 (Solaris 9), see: http://www.k5n.us/opensource/month.php or http://webcalendar.sourceforge.net/demo/login.php Is this a problem with Dillo or with WebCalendar? Regards, P.S.

Aug. 5, 2004

[Dillo-dev]this page hangs dillo

by Brian Hechinger

on my NetBSD/i386 box with dillo-current as of a couple of days ago, this following ebay page will hang dillo. does this work for anyone else? http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5712094427 -brian -- "The cats tend to administer themselves, and contrary to the expected facts, the house and everything in it was installed for their benefit." -- Nic Clews

Aug. 4, 2004

Re: [Dillo-dev]BUG#585

by Jorge Arellano Cid

On Tue, Aug 03, 2004 at 06:45:24PM +0200, Riccardo Mottola wrote: > Brian Hechinger wrote: > > > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:16:16AM -0400, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > Can someone reproduce?: > > > > > > 585 > > > Impact: hard error > > > At: run time > > > Type: crash > > > Comments: dillo 0.8.2 crashes whenever I try to load a specific page. Running > > > on Fedora Core 1 > > > HTReproduce: Access http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#5.7 > > > WorkedBy: nobody > > > Submitter: costa*tecgraf*puc-rio*br > > > > i don't have 0.8.2 installed, but i can do that if needed. latest from cvs on > > netbsd/i386 works just fine. > > > 0.8.2 works fine here on MkLinux and Solaris. > > I an't reproduce. > > Do you have something particular in your setup ? I can't either. Maybe someone can ask the submitter before I remove the entry. -- Cheers Jorge.-

Aug. 3, 2004

Re: [Dillo-dev]BUG#585

by Riccardo Mottola

Brian Hechinger wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 02, 2004 at 11:16:16AM -0400, Jorge Arellano Cid wrote: > > Hi, > > > > Can someone reproduce?: > > > > 585 > > Impact: hard error > > At: run time > > Type: crash > > Comments: dillo 0.8.2 crashes whenever I try to load a specific page. Running > > on Fedora Core 1 > > HTReproduce: Access http://www.lua.org/manual/5.0/manual.html#5.7 > > WorkedBy: nobody > > Submitter: costa*tecgraf*puc-rio*br > > i don't have 0.8.2 installed, but i can do that if needed. latest from cvs on > netbsd/i386 works just fine. > 0.8.2 works fine here on MkLinux and Solaris. I an't reproduce. Do you have something particular in your setup ? -Riccardo

Aug. 3, 2004