[GNC-dev] WebKitGtk now defaults to Gtk4

[Christopher Lam]

On Sun, 19 Nov 2023 at 12:01, john <jralls at ceridwen.us> wrote:

> I spent some time this afternoon poking at webkit replacement. The options
> I found are:
> * Keep using WebKitGtk
> * Figure out how to wrap a native (meaning Apple AppKit or Microsoft)
> WebView in a GtkWidget
>

^ This one would be my vote if it's possible. As long as we can use an
evergreen browser, it should do the trick.


> * Send the HTML/JS/CSS to the default browser. This will lose the links to
> GnuCash objects like transactions
> * Configure a GtkTextView to understand HTML tags. This doesn't support
> charts, printing, or PDF export.
> * Write reports directly to PDF. There are libraries out there but I
> didn't find any FLOSS ones that mention CSS styling or drawing charts in
> their feature sets.
>
> Any other ideas?
>
> Regards,
> John Ralls
>