On Tuesday, Oct 21, 2003, at 03:09 US/Pacific, Magnus Manske wrote:

My C++ parser is now a working offline browser. This is achieved by converting a mysql dump of the cur table into an sqlite database once, then using apache/php as a frontend and a php file calling the compiled C++ executable, which renders HTML on-the-fly. Browse using your favourite browser :-)

Neat!

Why bother with this, if a static HTML version would do the same?

• Proof-of-principle
• sqlite databases can be changed, allowing for edits
• Encapsuled database object, can be easily switched to use mysql or

any other database instead of sqlite for use on a website

• Full-text search (which I'll implement next)

* eliminate filesystem overhead of a hojillion tiny files

Pack source plus ready-to-run executables for Windows, Linux/x86, and Mac, and this could be handy.

Some things that bug me:

• Is there an easy way to call an executable directly from apache,

without the need for a PHP script in-between?

CGI? Turn it into an Apache module to run in-process?

• Is there a no-setup-needed web browser? Some .exe that I can start

on a windows machine, then fire up the web browser, and view/edit my local wikipedia copy?

Probably some out there.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)