[GNC-dev] WebKitGtk now defaults to Gtk4

[John Ralls]

> On Nov 21, 2023, at 1:13 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnucash at kobaltwit.be> wrote:
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> Keeping the links as you suggested in another reply in this thread is definitely tricky. I have been researching this for an unrelated project. Browsers are (rightfully) very reluctant to let a webpage interface with the local filesystem in any way. The only universal method is defining a custom handler for the user's default webbrowser. Similar to what we do with the integrated WebKit instance, though now it has to be installed for the users default browser, so somewhere on the user's system, outside of GnuCash' direct control. I have never looked at whether there's a system-wide location to store such handler that's read and interpreted by all common browsers. I doubt it though.
> 

Geert,

I have a different idea that might work for your other project too: Instead of embedding links, embed a (java)script that connects to a network socket that the source program (GnuCash in our case) advertises and decorate it to look like a link. This stack overflow provides an example: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/9945693/connecting-client-to-server-using-socket-io

Regards,
John Ralls