Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets)

[Tomas Hlavaty]

On Thu 26 Nov 2020 at 09:27, <tomas@tuxteam.de> wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 26, 2020 at 06:25:10AM +0100, Arthur Miller wrote:
>> Why is it desirable to view jpegs in Emacs rather then run
>> insert-your-favourite-image-viewer-here? Or why is it desirable to
>> render html in emacs rather then run Firefox?

why does this need libraries instead of programs?

>> For me: less processes,

why is it a good thing?

>> less switching between applications, nice to have things in Emacs
>> buffers.

why does this need libraries instead of programs?

> Imagine being able to say "org-store-link" at a specific frame in
> a video. Or at specific (x, y) coordinates in a frame in said
> video.

why does this need libraries instead of programs?

> Just imagine :-)

imagine all the extra vulnerabilities linked into the emacs process

  $ ldd emacs | wc -l
  94

hmm, that is a lost cause already

libraries are easier to use but programs run in separate processes and
can be extra sandboxed