Date: Mon, 12 Jan 2004 10:13:49 +0000
To: lablgtk at kaba.or.jp
Subject: Re: Render into an existing XWindow ID?
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From: Richard Jones <rich at annexia.org>

OK, I looked at GtkSocket / GtkPlug and the XEmbed protocol, and it
isn't quite what I had in mind.

The situation is this: in a Mozilla plugin we can query Mozilla for
the following information:

 * Display
 * X Window ID
 * size and other attributes of the window.

Mozilla plugins are .so files running in the same process as Mozilla.

It looks as though the XEmbed protocol can't be used here.  In
particular there's just no way to put a GtkSocket into the native X
window without some embedding, resulting in a chicken-and-egg problem.

What I really want to do, I suppose, is create a new GtkWindow, but
tell it not to create a new underlying X Window, but to reuse my X
Window ID for the window.

If that makes any sense ...

You can probably see where I'm going with this - embedding OCaml
programs as Mozilla plugins.

Rich.

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