Python plugin

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

Nemeth Miklos wrote:
 > My conclusion after this discussion thread:
 > (1) Grail was not mentioned as an alternative. I am a bit sad that this
 > project was a failure.

Ivan Van Laningham writes:
 > Yah, me too.  But it would take an awful lot of funding to build a real
 > web browser in Python.  Maybe someday.

  Whether or not this project was a failure is something that could
easily be debated.  "The boss" (meaning Guido's boss, not Guido) has
pointed out that the primary intent of Grail was that it be a useful
testbed for new protocols; for this, it's not bad.  There just aren't
a large number of those that really seem to make sense for a
browser-like tool.
  If you really want a browser-like thing in Python, pick your widget
set and get to work!  There are certainly a lot of people who'd like
to see such a thing, whether it be simply an "HTML widget" or a
complete embeddable browser.
  (But it would be nice if Grail were more capable and robust;
patches, anyone? ;)


  -Fred

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