Python + Mozilla/XUL/...

[andrew cooke]

Trent Mick <trentm at ActiveState.com> wrote in message news:<mailman.1039457833.8397.python-list at python.org>...
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> Yes. Although you need to build PyXPCOM into your own Mozilla build to
> get it working.  This is not a small task.  I work on a project that
> does this: Komodo. Most of Komodo's "smarts" are written in Python and
> PyXPCOM was developped to communicate between Python and the rest of the
> Mozilla framework:
>     http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo

thanks - it was seeing the info about komodo on their site that got me
wondering about all this.  didn't realise i'd need to rebuild mozilla,
though :-(

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> > If Python cannot be used, is this likely to change soon?
> 
> Probably not soon, though I would love it if it were.  The last I heard,
> it would take a significant amount of time (on the order of months) for
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ah well.   thanks for the info.

was it a pleasure working with mozilla?  compared to whatever else
you've worked on, for example...?

cheers,
andrew