Re: Assistance with the RISC OS front end
Hi Christopher,
Well, I'm not a Netsurf developer (yet!) but I just wanted to say it's great that
you're thinking of helping out with the RISC OS side of it. Myself and Steve Fryatt
have both also expressed an interested on this list, so that's three of us now!
I think I come bottom of the pile in terms of up-to-date experience with C and experience
programming for RISC OS, but nevertheless I've now managed to get myself set up so I
can keep my source tree up to date with SVN and compile at will. Now I'm beginning to
look through the RISC OS side of the source code and trying to get a general feel for how
things work. It's going to be a long haul though, I think!
It sounds like you've definitely got a head start in that respect, given that
you've already made some mods to Netsurf, so that's great. JMB gave quite a lot of
detail about what the current state of play is on this list a week or so back (digest
volume 39, issue 16) - don't know if you spotted that or not?
Anyway, it's not my place to welcome you on board, as I'm barely on board myself,
but I'm going to anyway!
Cheers,
WPB
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Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2009 18:05:11 +0930
From: Christopher Martin <belles(a)internode.on.net>
Subject: Assistance with the RISC OS front end
To: netsurf-dev(a)netsurf-browser.org
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Dear NetSurf Developers,
I am responding to a message posted to csa.announce on August 9, which
may give you a fair indication of how much time I have to keep up with
developments online. :-(
However, I have been keeping up quite regularly with the NetSurf builds
via SVN. I have made changes to the RISC OS GUI code that I have never
tried to submit. These changes keep rolling over from one SVN update to
the next. For example, I prevent NetSurf from passing left/right
keypresses on because moving the cursor in (say) the address bar would
cause PCITV to change channels. Small stuff, but it does indicate that I
am quite familiar with C and the WIMP. My primary shortcoming as an
assistant would be in the amount of time I can commit.
So just how much work do you estimate will be required to align the WIMP
development with the core? And do you already have plenty of offers from
others with much time to spare?
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Regards, Christopher Martin.