GtkMozilla

I've made a Gtk+ Widget that embedds the NGLayout engine from Mozilla.

You can download it here.

Send your comments to me.

Here is the README file:

General

Ever wanted to use html pages in your app? Show your help-pages in a fancy way?

Now it's all possible. GtkMozilla is a widget that makes it easy to embedd the layout engine from the Mozilla project in any Gtk+ program.

Note that Mozilla is a work in progress, and if you use a later (or earlier) version of the Mozilla sources you might need to do some small changes.

The tree i've been using is from cvs checked out May 18 1999.

Compilation

To compile GtkMozilla you need a compiled version of the Mozilla source tree. Then you just need to run configure and point it at your mozilla directory.

Something like this: ./configure --with-mozilla=/dir/where/mozilla/is

This builds the basic GtkMozilla library and two examples.

Note: If you use a later version than me you might need to update the nsSetupRegistry.cpp file. It is just a copy of mozilla/webshell/tests/viewer/nsSetupRegistry.cpp in the Mozilla source tree.

Examples

When you compiled GtkMozilla two examples are built, simplebrowser and helpbrowser. simplebrowser is a small app that can be used to browse the web. helpbrowser is a small demo of how GtkMozilla could be used to add help facilities to an app. It contains some demo text taken from the gdb info pages.

To run the demos (or any program using GtkMozilla) you need to set some enviroment variables. These help mozilla locating libraries and datafiles it needs.

If you're running bash, just type something like this (replace the dir name):

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/dir/where/mozilla/is/dist/bin export MOZILLA_FIVE_HOME=/dir/where/mozilla/is/dist/bin

Then try out the examples: examples/simplebrowser/simplebrowser
and
examples/helpbrowser/helpbrowser