184684 - Add command-line switch to start up using specific toolkit (e.g. gtk, qt, photon, xlib, etc.)

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(Core Graveyard :: Cmd-line Features, defect)

Description

[Robert Kaiser]

We can build Mozilla with more than one toolkit enabled, but that makes no real
sense if we can't tell Mozilla which to use when starting up.
Because of this, we'll need a startup switch to tell it what we want to use (we
have xlib, gtk, gtk2, and qt now IIRC).

This would be especially good if you want to test not-so-mature toolkits as gtk2
or the re-enabled qt port, but still be able to use gtk for "normal" working.

Comment 1

[Roland Mainz]

What about implementing this feature in run-mozilla.sh using $LD_LIBRARY_PATH ?
Toolkit-specific compoents are then stored in seperate dirs - and
LD_LIBRARY_PATH includes only the selected toolkit dir into it's path.

Comment 2

[hacker formerly known as [e-mail]]

The LD_LIBRARY_PATH switching doesn't help when it comes to the components. 
Component dirs are not in the LD_LIBRARY_PATH and currently, everything in (and
maybe under) bin/components gets automagically registered.

Comment 3

[Andrew Schultz]

support for multiple toolkits has been dropped (bug 191528)

Comment 4

[KENZ (Kenji Irie)]

Should this bug be marked as INVALID ?

Comment 5

[Mats Palmgren (inactive)]

-> WONTFIX