Re: [platform-swt-dev] SWT and Firefox... [we must be free to choose our

[Tom Schindl <tom.schindl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,

I don't know if this helps but there's a xulrunner OSGi Bundle and
newsgroup post discussing how it works (I have read through the whole
thread though).

http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=188680&package_id=221090
http://dev.eclipse.org/mhonarc/lists/atf-dev/msg00418.html

Tom

Grant Gayed schrieb:
> 
> Hi Fabio,
> 
> If you create the Browser with style SWT.MOZILLA then it will attempt to
> use the mozilla renderer installed on your OS (note that this will fail
> if it can't find a Mozilla renderer to use).  However on non-linux
> platforms this mozilla renderer must be xulrunner, it cannot be firefox,
> because of https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=262453 .  The
> linked report affects any app trying to embed mozilla/firefox, not just
> swt.  Firefox can embedded by the Browser on linux iff it is
> dynamically-linked (binaries downloaded from mozilla.org are not
> dynamically linked).
> 
> Grant
> 
> 
> 
> 
> *"Fabio Gruppioni" <fgruppioni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>*
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> 09/03/08 07:11 AM
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> I'd like to use Firefox as embeddable browser, but SWT can't embed it in any
> way, I'm right?
> I think that could be very useful and it's very important the choice of
> embedded browser. I don't understand why this can't be done now... It will
> be available in future? (I hope very soon...)
> 
> TYIA
> Fabio
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