[Freeciv-Dev] Re: XML for help texts?

[Mathias Hasselmann <Mathias.Hasselmann@xxxxxx>]

Reinier Post wrote:

> > > > For HTML rendering we could use XmHTML (available for Xt *and* as
> > > > GtkXmHTML also for Gtk+) or GtkHTML (for Gtk+ only).
> > >
> > > OK, but do they run under Windows as well?  And what about the Amiga 
> > > client?
> >
> > I guess due Tor Lillqvist's great work GtkHTML should compile well
> > on Win32... The gui-win32 directory is empty in the package I've
> > got. Suppose that it utilizes native Win32 calls? Why do not embbed
> > the evil :) Explorer widget?
> 
> I really don't know :)  It would not be a big problem to use XmHTML
> for the Xaw client only, I suppose.

The problem is, that - as Jeff Mallatt told me - currently only
patches which address all clients are applied to the CVS tree... :<
        
> No idea ... it's just that generally you want to limit the number
> of required libraries.

That's true. But I suppose that at least libxml (which is needed
by glade and GtkXmHTML which is used by GNOME are already on
many Gtk+ machines...)


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