Homebrew Feedback Homebrew app WIP - Jermus 3DS Web Browser

[AliceCE]

I'm currently working on an advanced web browser for the Nintendo 3DS, currently going by the name "Jermus" on my computer. It will support downloading files, viewing some files, viewing page source code (and maybe later on, editing said source code or saving it locally), unlimited bookmarks (why was this even a limitation on the stock 3ds browser??), among a compact gui based loosely on Windows XP and 2000's appearance, and with a compact, 3x5 font for viewing as much text on screen as possible. Below is a mockup for what it will look like in the final stage of development.

Breakthroughs so far:

-getting cURL up and running properly

The browser may possibly be able to load webpages the stock 3ds browser can't load! I entered "https://www.wikipedia.org", and it loaded the raw HTML for the page fine without any errors!

 

[Rednorka]

Sounds really ambitious!

I don't really mind a puny font but is there an option for bigger font(s) planned?

 

[AliceCE]

Yeah, i might add a larger font later in the GUI development. Trying to figure out the regex stuff right now. Regex with c++ is confusing when the only regex you've ever used is JavaScript regex

 

[AliceCE]

Anyone know how to strip certain parts of html tags in regex? me and my pal can't figure out how the hell to remove things enclosed in script tags, and i imagine keeping urls will be the same deal.

std::string text = s;
std::regex r("");
r = std::regex("\\<script.*?\\>.*?\\<.*?\\>"); //doesn't work
s = std::regex_replace(s, r, "");
r = std::regex("\\<.*?\\>"); //works fine
s = std::regex_replace(s, r, "");

 

[Eveldee]

Anyone know how to strip certain parts of html tags in regex? me and my pal can't figure out how the hell to remove things enclosed in script tags, and i imagine keeping urls will be the same deal.

std::string text = s;
std::regex r("");
r = std::regex("\\<script.*?\\>.*?\\<.*?\\>"); //doesn't work
s = std::regex_replace(s, r, "");
r = std::regex("\\<.*?\\>"); //works fine
s = std::regex_replace(s, r, "");

Honestly, you shouldn't use Regex to parse HTML, it's extremely slow especially on the 3DS with it's limited hardware, and anyway you won't succeed at parsing everything, see this stackoverflow post. You should get or create a real parser which rebuilds the DOM tree in a way you can manipulate, maybe this will do?

 

[AliceCE]

By my pal's request and seeing as how every time i try to add an essential feature the c / cpp compiler starts shitting itself, i've decided to switch my code over to LUA. everything done so far will be ported (not much to port rn though) to LovePotion

 

[AliceCE]

Burnout. Really bad burnout. Anything to help me get graphics working would be a godsend. I fucking hate #include so goddamn much, I want to use the framebuffer directly, not citro2d, and i also need help with setting the font itself up, i have a png of the characters.

 

[Moon164]

Wow, cool
It's work on the old 3DS ?

 

[AliceCE]

i don't plan on making it strictly for the new3ds, but i don't have an O3DS anymore either, only my N3DS

...I'll see what'd break O3DS compatibility and try avoiding that. d(^ ^

 

[AliceCE]

- 3ds is bricked. Development on this is stopped for now. but i will revisit it eventually. -
(might do something for the DSI)

 

[Anis360]

- 3ds is bricked. Development on this is stopped for now. but i will revisit it eventually. -
(might do something for the DSI)

Isn't it possible to use a 3DS emulator for testing?

 

[AliceCE]

Isn't it possible to use a 3DS emulator for testing?

not on a low-end win7 with no graphics card and 8 gigs, i don't believe.

 

[The Real Jdbye]

- 3ds is bricked. Development on this is stopped for now. but i will revisit it eventually. -
(might do something for the DSI)

How'd you brick it? Any soft brick is fixable if you have B9S.

 

[AliceCE]

used to but my dumb ass uninstalled the cfw

 

[IC_]

- 3ds is bricked. Development on this is stopped for now. but i will revisit it eventually. -
(might do something for the DSI)

Just two days after the project announcement? Can you release the sources somewhere?

 

[The Catboy]

used to but my dumb ass uninstalled the cfw

You should be able to recover after this but if you can't you can buy a cheap R4i-SDHC and use ntrboot to restore your system.

 

[AliceCE]

https://gbatemp.net/threads/its-not-over-3ds-softbrick-help-needed.612069/#post-9822228

 

[lolbit]

Do you plan on open sourcing the project ? I have some experience in c# (yes i know its written in c++)and could maybe help with the compatability on the old 3ds

 

[AliceCE]

DEVELOPMENT IS BACK. I FIXED MY 3DS AT LAST!!!

 

[AliceCE]

Erm... What kind of Codepage is the 3ds using? i had to decrement the offset for every character by -2 characters, and a lot of characters seem incorrect, why is 1 a 2, and 0 a fucking slash?

i'm dumb lol, i forgot the fucking "=" in the font data.