Re: [Fixed] WebKit experiment on hold

[Peter Bloomfield <peterbloomfield bellsouth net>]

On 11/05/2009 09:07:13 PM Thu, Peter Bloomfield wrote:
> Hi All!
>
> Balsa has for some time included experimental code for using WebKit to  
> render HTML message parts, instead of GtkHTML-2 or -3.  Recent versions  
> of WebKit (1.1.10+) have been causing hangs, which are fixed in git  
> master, but instead don't render anything.  I've recently found some  
> spam that crashes earlier versions.  So as of now we have no reliable  
> way of using WebKit in Balsa.
>
> The rendering problem with recent WebKit does not seem to be a WebKit  
> bug--a simple test program uses it successfully.  We'd welcome any  
> insights into why it doesn't work in Balsa!
>
> Best,
>
> Peter

Good news!  The rendering problem is fixed in git master.

Another recent HTML change is the beginning of a text-search capability in  
HTML message parts, using a WebKit option.  You can find a string--but as  
of now, the widget doesn't scroll to display the found text...still a work  
in progress.

Peter