I downloaded DerelictCEF and used dub to compile it on my OSX (Yosemite). Now how do I get CEF downloaded and ready to work with it? I found an OSX 64 bit version file here:

https://cefbuilds.com/

There doesn't seem to be any documentation for that part.

From there, what is the trick to load up a local HTML page that says Hello World?

On Tuesday, 8 September 2015 at 11:37:13 UTC, Mike McKee wrote:
> I downloaded DerelictCEF and used dub to compile it on my OSX (Yosemite). Now how do I get CEF downloaded and ready to work with it? I found an OSX 64 bit version file here:
>
> https://cefbuilds.com/
>
> There doesn't seem to be any documentation for that part.
>
> From there, what is the trick to load up a local HTML page that says Hello World?

Mike's busy writing a book, you're on your own for now:

http://dblog.aldacron.net/2015/01/derelictcef-binding-to-chromium-embedded-framework/

You could try building and linking the sample code that he pasted there, using the standard procedure to link against C libraries, ie add "-L-L path/to/ceflib -L-l name_of_ceflib" to your dmd invocation.

Bad timing on my part, I guess. If DerelictCEF gets off the ground, gets stable, and has good documentation (specifically on the CEF install part is what I lack), then that's an extremely robust, cross-platform GUI framework that D can take advantage of.

I got DerelictCEF compiled okay -- it's the CEF install part that I lack.

Here's what I'd like to do:

* Show Chromium with my own custom titlebar, no tabs, a minimal menu, a non-resizable window but minimizable, and no page rightclick.

* Load the HTML into Chromium from a resource file.

* Inject D callbacks into the Javascript.

* At that point, I can use CSS and jQuery in the HTML to interact with the D classes.

On 2015-09-08 13:37, Mike McKee wrote:
> I downloaded DerelictCEF and used dub to compile it on my OSX
> (Yosemite). Now how do I get CEF downloaded and ready to work with it? I
> found an OSX 64 bit version file here:
>
> https://cefbuilds.com/

I have no idea how to use the actual API but to use it you need to:

1. Download the 64bit binary
2. Extract the archive
3. Copy the file "Release/Chromium Embedded Framework.framework" to "/Library/Frameworks". DerelictCEF will automatically find the framework at runtime

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On 2015-09-08 13:37, Mike McKee wrote:
> I downloaded DerelictCEF and used dub to compile it on my OSX
> (Yosemite). Now how do I get CEF downloaded and ready to work with it? I
> found an OSX 64 bit version file here:
>
> https://cefbuilds.com/
>
> There doesn't seem to be any documentation for that part.
>
>  From there, what is the trick to load up a local HTML page that says
> Hello World?
>

BTW, these questions are more suited for the learn group [1].

[1] http://forum.dlang.org/group/learn

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

On Tuesday, 8 September 2015 at 15:53:39 UTC, Mike McKee wrote:
> Bad timing on my part, I guess. If DerelictCEF gets off the ground, gets stable, and has good documentation (specifically on the CEF install part is what I lack), then that's an extremely robust, cross-platform GUI framework that D can take advantage of.

Once the book is finished, my next focus will be on getting the documentation for all of the Derelict packages completed. Generally, I don't think it's my responsibility to document how to install the C libraries Derelict binds to, but given the scarcity of CEF documentation, I'll eventually put together a tutorial for it once I figure it all out myself. I'm eager to use CEF for a project I have in mind.