pyxpcom

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Trent Mick wrote:
> hg wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> Can one tell me what the status of this project is ?. I did google ...
>> but not much out there.
> 
> PyXPCOM source is in the main Mozilla CVS tree. It is being maintained
> by Mark Hammond (the original developer of the extension). There isn't a
> lot of activity on it, I think, because:
> 1. Mark did such a good job of implementing it the first time around
> that it needs very little work :)
> 2. It is very high learning curve to get into playing with PyXPCOM
> because there are no conveniently packaged builds of PyXPCOM for current
> (or any) versions of Firefox or Mozilla.
> 
> Interestingly, Mark is currently working *full* support for Python in
> the Mozilla code base, i.e. being able to use Python anywhere you can
> currently use JavaScript (in <script> tags in XUL and HTML). Look for
> "nsdom" and Python. Note that it is still very much in development
> phase, is only part of the Mozilla trunk (I believe) -- hence only
> really applies to Firefox versions well beyond FF2.
> 
> The pyxpcom mailing list is here:
> http://listserv.activestate.com/mailman/listinfo/pyxpcom
> 
> PyXPCOM is heavily used in Komodo
> (<http://www.activestate.com/Products/Komodo/>, the IDE that I work on
> at ActiveState).
> 
> Regarding #2 (from above): Mark started some discussion a while back
> about the  what it would take to provide builds of PyXPCOM. The answer
> is that it would probably be very hard.
> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Mail/Message/pyxpcom/3167613
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Trent
> 
Thanks,

My need is as follows: I have developed an activex component to access a
smart card on the client side / do some web site logon.

Are xpcom / pyxpcom advanced/stable enough for such an implementation
under Linux / Windows ?

Regards,

hg