[Trac #1105] trapped in gnash (matchbox/sugar/browser bugs?)

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#1105: trapped in gnash (matchbox/sugar/browser bugs?)
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 Reporter:  AlbertCahalan  |        Owner:  rsavoye
     Type:  defect         |       Status:  new    
 Priority:  high           |    Milestone:  Trial-1
Component:  distro         |   Resolution:         
 Keywords:                 |  
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Comment (by rsavoye):

 Replying to [comment:7 AlbertCahalan]:

 > a. Gnash has no way to leave the preferences dialog. Maybe there is a
 button that didn't fit on the screen.

   I'm adding an option now to diable the menus, as both they and the
 preferences dialog are mostly just eye candy anyway. I'll leave quit as a
 menu item for now.

 > c. A browser-embedded gnash should exit when it is no longer embedded in
 the browser. X might provide a reparenting-related event for this.

   This is how it works on the desktop, and how it should work in the web
 activity.

 > e. There is a decent likelyhood that gnash is causing the browser to die
 via some sort of failure to correctly implement the browser's plug-in
 interface. I suspect this because I've seen gnash destabilize the browser
 on non-OLPC systems as well. One could argue that the browser should be
 tolerant of badly behaving plug-ins though.

   Gnash has pretty light usage of the NSAPI. It basically just forks the
 standalone player, and uses command line options to se the XID and the
 window size. I have seen a memory leak in a plugin cause the browser to
 hang, but not much else.

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