GtkHTML vs WebKit on Windows for GnuCash 2.4.0

Geert Janssens janssens-geert at telenet.be
Tue Mar 2 08:03:38 EST 2010


On Tuesday 2 March 2010, Yasuaki Taniguchi/谷口康明 wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I submitted a Bug#611579 and I wonder which will be used GtkHTML or
> WebKit for GnuCash 2.4.0.
> GtkHTML was committed once to SVN but reverted so I can't judge which
> one will be used
> as final. Would you please tell me which will be used?
> 
I believe the current plan is to use Webkit although both will remain 
available in the source.

> Many Japanese people say on their blog that they give up using GnuCash
> because of Bug#60582 and Bug#611579.
It suppose 60582 is a typo ? That's a really old bug in Gtk+ (not GnuCash), 
that has been fixed a long time ago. I wanted to read the reports you mention, 
so can you please provide the actual number you intended ?

> And they search "GnuCash Japanese Input" and "GnuCash reports garbage
> characters" when I look at Google
> query report.
> So I'd like to fix them by the release of 2.4.0 in order to increase
> Japanese users.
> 
That would of course be great.

Geert


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