Bug 114867 – [GTK] Get rid of Pango/Gail dependencies in accessibility for ATK

• Component: WebKitGTK
• Status: RESOLVED FIXED

[Mario Sanchez Prada]

There are some good reasons to think we should get rid of this dependency in accessibility/atk, such as the fact that we need to properly expose wrapped lines in WebKit2 (see https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=73433#c1) or that similar results to what we get through pango/gail combo could be achieved using internal utilities inside WebKit (e.g. TextBreakIterator).

However, this is probably not going to be a one-patch-fix, so here is the metabug to track them all.

[Mario Sanchez Prada]

Changing the nature of this metabug to convert it into a normal bug (hence renaming it), so we can attach to it the final patch that will remove the pango/gail code from WebKitAccessibleInterfaceText.cpp, once all the blocking bugs have been solved.

[Mario Sanchez Prada]

Created attachment 207192 [details]
Patch proposal

...and here comes the final patch!

[Martin Robinson]

Comment on attachment 207192 [details]
Patch proposal

View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=207192&action=review

> Source/WebCore/accessibility/atk/WebKitAccessibleInterfaceText.cpp:1075
> +    return resultText.release();

I think if you always release the resultText then perhaps just a raw pointer works.

[Mario Sanchez Prada]

(In reply to comment #3)
> (From update of attachment 207192 [details])
> View in context: https://bugs.webkit.org/attachment.cgi?id=207192&action=review
> 
> > Source/WebCore/accessibility/atk/WebKitAccessibleInterfaceText.cpp:1075
> > +    return resultText.release();
> 
> I think if you always release the resultText then perhaps just a
> raw pointer works.

Yeah, you're probably right. I'll change that before landing, once than the patches for the blocking bugs have been landed.

[Mario Sanchez Prada]

Committed r155520: <http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/155520>