[dev] [surf] [patch] Don't load favicon.ico

[Peter A. Shevtsov]

Hello,

I've noticed recently that WebKit tries to load favicon.ico even if there is no
mention about it in HTML page's head section. Since surf doesn't show favicons 
I made
the patch to prevent WebKit to download favicons.

diff --git a/surf.c b/surf.c
index b69c615..e95658b 100644
--- a/surf.c
+++ b/surf.c
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ static gboolean loadimages = 1, enableplugins = 1, 
enablescripts = 1,
                usingproxy = 0;
 static char togglestat[5];
 
+static void beforerequest(WebKitWebView *w, WebKitWebFrame *f, 
WebKitWebResource *r, WebKitNetworkRequest *req, WebKitNetworkResponse *res, 
gpointer d);
 static char *buildpath(const char *path);
 static gboolean buttonrelease(WebKitWebView *web, GdkEventButton *e, GList 
*gl);
 static void cleanup(void);
@@ -141,6 +142,13 @@ static void zoom(Client *c, const Arg *arg);
 /* configuration, allows nested code to access above variables */
 #include "config.h"
 
+static void
+beforerequest(WebKitWebView *w, WebKitWebFrame *f, WebKitWebResource *r, 
WebKitNetworkRequest *req, WebKitNetworkResponse *res, gpointer d) {
+       const gchar *uri = webkit_network_request_get_uri(req);
+       if(g_str_has_suffix(uri, "favicon.ico"))
+               webkit_network_request_set_uri(req, "about:blank");
+}
+
 char *
 buildpath(const char *path) {
        char *apath, *p;
@@ -600,6 +608,7 @@ newclient(void) {
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(c->view), "download-requested", 
G_CALLBACK(initdownload), c);
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(c->view), "button-release-event", 
G_CALLBACK(buttonrelease), c);
        g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(c->view), "populate-popup", 
G_CALLBACK(populatepopup), c);
+       g_signal_connect(G_OBJECT(c->view), "resource-request-starting", 
G_CALLBACK(beforerequest), c);
 
        /* Indicator */
        c->indicator = gtk_drawing_area_new();