From: Per Bothner <per@bothner.com>
To: Charlie Turner <chturne@gmail.com>
Cc: Kawa mailing list <kawa@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: DomTerm - a new console for Kawa (and everyone else)
Date: Fri, 18 Dec 2015 19:14:00 -0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <56745B04.7040907@bothner.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAPMhJv2OYR9FaoGPNgzOdo6RcqRq_YpUgzYSkYeO=Hhgrdxe7A@mail.gmail.com>
On 12/18/2015 10:43 AM, Charlie Turner wrote:
> What's the dependence on OpenJDK in particular? Would I be able to get
> away with Oracle JDK? I'm currently on OSX, and not yet terrible
> proficient with it; it seems like OpenJDK 1.8 and OSX isn't quite
> supported, or at least binary packages aren't provided.
The existing Java front-ends make use of JavaFX WebView, which is
open-source. However, it may not be packaged as part of OpenJDK,
but rather the separate but related OpenJFX.
If you use the browser front-end, you don't need JavaFX.
However, the DomTerm Makefile isn't set up to build domterm.jar
without JavaFX, so you need to edit it to leave out org/domterm/javafx/*.
I'd like to find a "light-weight" standalone web-browser,
with no or easy-to-change "chrome" (menubar etc), with
support for modern web standards (including WebSockets and SVG),
actively maintained, and a way to turn off certain browser security
features that hi-jack special keys and events. It would use
WebSockets to talk to a back-end.
This would allow disconnection and sharing a la GNU Screen.
A "terminal emulator application" would be a small script that
starts a back-ground server (probably something written in C or C++)
if necessary, and then pop up a browser front-end (or optionally
your preferred browser).
Kawa would do the same when a REPL is requested: If not running in a terminal *or*
the -w flag is given, it would start its own internal WebSockets server, and pop up
the light-weight browser as a separate process (or let you connect with
a regular browser).
--
--Per Bothner
per@bothner.com http://per.bothner.com/
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2015-12-18 19:14 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2015-12-17 22:52 Per Bothner
2015-12-18 18:43 ` Charlie Turner
2015-12-18 19:14 ` Per Bothner [this message]
2015-12-18 19:28 ` Charlie Turner
2015-12-18 19:41 ` Jamison Hope
2015-12-18 19:46 ` Per Bothner
2015-12-18 20:00 ` Charlie Turner
2015-12-22 7:38 ` Per Bothner
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