Re: Status of gtkhtml(2)?

[Bill Haneman <Bill Haneman Sun COM>]

>Jeff Waugh <jdub perkypants org> writes:
>> 
>> So, Anders isn't sure if gtkhtml2 will be ready for GNOME 2.0. Isn't sure as
>> in "I dunno". :) Given that the gnomecc shell requires a version of gtkhtml,
>> we need to ship it as part of the Desktop release.
>> 
>> Do we ship a ported gtkhtml 1, or...?
>> 
>
>Keep in mind that gtkhtml1 and gtkhtml2 basically have _nothing_ to do
>with each other - totally different codebase and API AFAIK.
>i.e. gtkhtml2 is not a port of gtkhtml1. We'll likely have a port of
>gtkhtml1 to gtk2, so we should be able to use that.
>
>Havoc

You're right, the APIs are quite different.

But gtkhtml1 is an accessibility nightmare.  If there is any prospect of using 
gtkhtml2 in gnomecc instead then I would much prefer it.  Otherwise us accessibility 
folks may end up having to build an alternate based on gtkhtml2 anyway.

-Bill

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Bill Haneman x19279
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Sun Microsystems Ireland