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===What is Gecko?=== |
===What is Gecko?=== |
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Gecko is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution. |
[http://www.mozilla.org/newlayout/ Gecko] is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution. |
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It is part of the [[XULRunner]] engine from Mozilla that the [[Browse]] activity uses. |
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[[Sugar]] uses the [[Python]] module "geckoembed" to implement the web browser window that you see if you run an image of the OLPC distro. Currently geckoembed is not documented but if you look through the [[Python]] code for the [http://crank.laptop.org/gitbrowse.php?p=sugar;a=tree;h=5750a80c0cf1cab3348481f9c5f7d1985719a318;hb=29fb2321fec21fea36ed5b5b234600ac7de78bb6;f=sugar/browser browser component of Sugar] then you will see some of what it can do. Also, check the module directory in the "/usr/lib/python2.4/site-packages". |
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There is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(layout_engine) Wikipedia entry] and a [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko:Home_Page Gecko developers Wiki] that may help you get an idea of what Gecko will do. |
There is a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecko_(layout_engine) Wikipedia entry] and a [http://wiki.mozilla.org/Gecko:Home_Page Gecko developers Wiki] that may help you get an idea of what Gecko will do. |
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Latest revision as of 22:24, 26 January 2009
What is Gecko?
Gecko is the HTML rendering engine that is used in Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape. It is basically the part of the browser that handles the main viewing window and does not include menus, toolbars, status lines or even Javascript execution.
It is part of the XULRunner engine from Mozilla that the Browse activity uses.
See also
There is a Wikipedia entry and a Gecko developers Wiki that may help you get an idea of what Gecko will do.