Re: I wish to help

[Andy Walter]

Hi,

On Thursday 31 October 2002 22:45, Mark Wielaard wrote:
> > [Rudolph + GNU Classpath]
>
> Nice. Do you use any of the non-rudolph java.awt.* packages/classes?

No. Sorry if I got that wrong. We use Classpath, except from AWT and 
java.lang, and the modified AWT classes from Rudolph. So far, we avoided 
package-internal mixtures.


> We will probably have to merge a lot between the GNU Classpath
> implementations and the Rudolph implementations anyhow when we decide to
> import it. So that might be the ideal time to work away the diverged
> classes.

Yes.


> > Not only that but it also doesn't depend on GTK.
>
> I don't know if I would count that as an important advantage :)
> Having AWT classes based on GTK peers seems like a very good idea for
> any GNU/Linux based system since it will give a more common look when
> used on the desktop.

I absolutely agree. But at least our group uses AWT on other platforms as 
well, where there is no GTK available (or would be too big). Of course, there 
should always be a GTK based version. I just wanted to know whether there is 
somebody apart from aicas interested in a non-GTK version.


> Yes, that would be a great plan. I am glad that Jeffrey stepped in just
> at this time so that we now have someone with GTK+ experience that help
> define the correct interface. What do you think about the current
> java.awt.peer classes that we have. Are they general/flexible enough?

I am no graphics specialist, so I can't tell. I'll ask our AWT developers 
about that. However, I would expect that there are changes necessary in all 
three implementations (Rudolph, Classpath, and our modified Rudolph), so 
before going into technical details I wanted to know if all those groups are 
interested in changing their stuff just for merging with the rest.


Cheers,

        Andy.

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