Webkit is the browser rendering engine behind many modern browsers and web components.
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Store cookies with WebKit (python)
So I was watching the "Create Your First Ubuntu App"-Video from Jono Bacon and got the idea, to create a simple app. That creates a window with a WebView und opens the URL to Google Keep.
Everything ...
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Why is Ubuntu's Webkit missing a few things?
I'm using a webkit browser with python+GTK, and it seems to be missing a few things.
You can see the problem in the example from here:
from gi.repository import WebKit
from gi.repository import ...
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How to install Perl Switch.pm module required to build WebKit-GTK?
I noticed that the perl version (5.14) shipped with 12.10 does not include the Switch.pm module needed while building WebKiT-GTK.
Looking around on the internet I found few suggestions indicating ...
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How to install a newer version of libsoup2.4 to get WebKit working?
I am trying to build webkit from sources and when I launch autogen.sh, I get error:
Requested 'libsoup-2.4 >= 2.40.0' but version of libsoup is 2.38.1
Consider adjusting the PKG_CONFIG_PATH ...
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Building webkit from source
I tried to install the webkit applicaion from sources using this manual:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WebKit
When I type:
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
the following error occurs:
checking for ...
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Webkit2.h, what package does it reside in?
I'm trying to compile gThumb from source and enable all extensions, and I cannot get the webkit dependency resolved. I've installed all of the webkit development libraries I can seem to find to no ...
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Upgrade Webkit PyGTK Libraries
I'm developing a PyGTK-HTML5 Application (Using Quickly), but the webkit libraries (WebView) are a bit old, at least for using some of the latest HTML5 APIs (like IndexedDB) is it possible to upgrade ...
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Why is the font spacing on some websites broken?
I am using Ubuntu 12.04 on a Dell Studio 15 and so far am really impressed.
I could not find a solution for my problem by googling.
The fonts on some websites do not have proper spacing. they ...
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Is possible to run the jsc (JavaScriptCore) utility from the command line in Ubuntu, like in OSX?
In OSX there is a hidden utility called jsc, part of WebKit, that can be used to run JavaScript code on the command line. It can be used as a JavaScript console, like irb for Ruby.
I have the ...
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Evolution, the background of messages is always grey
With Evolution 3.6 on Ubuntu 12.10 all the email messages have grey backgrounds in the default theme (and every other one that I have tried). When using grey or black text, which is standard in most ...
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How to configure Webkit to accept single clicks..?
Well, this is about the generic Webkit engine used system wide, by python apps...
I recently installed Screen-lets Manager & some screen-lets including WebFrame, seen below.
The problem is....
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How can I make my own custom desktop widgets?
A simple solution like HTML widgets and a transparent Webkit window would be ideal.
I'm trying to make a simple background widget framework such that I can easily customize my desktop with some CSS ...
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Connect WebKit WebView form to a Python callback?
I am writing a small Python and WebKit app; I am using WebKit as the UI for my app.
What I want to do is to create an interactive element in WebKit (namely a combo box or a set of clickable regions) ...
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How can I enable Flash for a PyGtk WebKit?
I am trying to enable flash in my Quickly app.
I have a WebKit/webview in a scrolledwindow.
I know on Android you need to enable javascript an plugins.
I have look in the WebKit2GTK+ Reference ...
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Installing Webkit with apt
Does Ubuntu include a way to install the Webkit development files (headers and libraries) using apt? Yes, you can install all sorts of Webkit ports, like Webkit-GTK or WebkitQT, but what about just ...
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I just downloaded webkitGTK using svn and I am not sure what to do next
here https://live.gnome.org/WebKitGtk/ it says to
Run the following commands to configure and build WebKit (choosing an appropriate prefix):
./autogen.sh --prefix=/usr
make
but I am not sure what ...
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WebKit.WebView - wrap content
Currently, I have my WebKit.WebView in a ScrolledWindow, because otherwise my window would resize to fir the content. In stead, I would like the content to adjust to the container. So text should ...
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Webview load specific URL (Quickly/Glade)
I was watching the Ubuntu Developer video about creating your own browser using webkit, but I was wondering if it would be possible to make webkit load a specific website. For instance, if I was to ...
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How do I prevent webpages from stealing focus in Webkit?
I use a gtk TreeView to display different websites in my Python program. When the selected rows change, the web page is updated to the url field in the store. This works nicely, but a lot of web pages ...
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How to add Quicklists to GTK2 application?
We want to add Quicklists to our app Nitro. However Nitro uses GTK2 as it uses the pywebkitgtk library. As far as I'm aware, we can't use Quicklists because it requires PyGI which requires GTK3 and ...
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Play videos with libwebkit in Ubuntu 11.10 server
I'm using libwebkit (with python-webkit) to render a page that plays a video. This application works fine in a Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop, Nvidia card and lots of libraries and software installed, but in a ...
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install self-compiled libraries in ubuntu
Whats the recommended way to install self-compiled libraries? The libraries are supposed to replace existing ubuntu packages. Of course I want that the apt dependencies to be fullfilled. The sources ...
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Midori crashes before pages load [closed]
I have installed Midori both from the repositories and from the PPA, but with both installations Midori crashes before pages load. I noticed this in the Midori FAQ:
Midori crashes shortly before ...
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How can I stop my Webkit browsers (except Chrom(ium/e) start LibreOffice and Acrobat when loading plugins?
Recently I've found a problem with my webkit browsers (Midori, Liferea's browser tab/feed preview, etc). When loading plugins (which is on start up for Midori), Adobe Acrobat's splash screen pops up, ...
