[Tutor] python scripts in HTML documents

[Alexandre Ratti]

At 00:42 20/05/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>Subject: Re: [Tutor] python scripts in HTML documents
>To: john public <apython101@yahoo.com>
>From: Erik Price <erikprice@mac.com>

>To get back to your question: if someone ever created a browser with a
>Python interpreter built in, then yes you could do the kinds of things
>that you do with JavaScript but in Python instead.  But I doubt that
>this will happen

IIRC, a browser was implemented in Python. It's called Grail.

"Grail is an extensible Internet browser written entirely in the 
interpreted object-oriented programming language Python.  It runs on Unix, 
and, to some extent, on Windows and Macintosh.  Grail is easily extended to 
support new protocols or file formats.  Grail is distributed in source 
form, free of charge, and without warranties.  It requires recent versions 
of Python and Tcl/Tk to run." http://grail.sourceforge.net/

It supports applets:

"Grail lets you download Python programs that execute inside Grail on your 
local machine.  These little applications ("applets") can do things like 
display animations, interact with the user in new ways, even create 
additional menus that pop up dialogs if you like.  If you are using Grail 
now, visit our applet demo collection.  Grail applets run in a restricted 
execution environment, so that broken or malicious applets ("Trojan 
Horses") can't erase your files or crash your computer." 
http://grail.sourceforge.net/

However, it is described as experimental and looks unmaintained.


Cheers.

Alexandre