webengine/osswebengine/WebCore/README
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WebCore is a framework for Mac OS X that takes the cross-platform
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KHTML library (part of the KDE project) and combines it with an
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adapter library specific to WebCore called KWQ that makes it work
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with Mac OS X technologies. KHTML is written in C++ and KWQ is written
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in Objective C++, but WebCore presents an Objective C programming
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interface. WebCore requires the JavaScriptCore framework.
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This version of WebCore is based on the KHTML library from KDE 3.0.2.
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Changes that are specific to WebCore are marked with #if APPLE_CHANGES.
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Other changes to improve performance and web page compatibility are
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intended for integration into future versions of the KHTML library.
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In order to use the WebCore and JavaScriptCore projects together you
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will need to set both projects to use the same build products directory.
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The JavaScriptCore README has detailed instructions about how to set
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this up.
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After JavaScriptCore is built, you can build WebCore using the Project
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Builder interface or the "pbxbuild" command from the command line.