Just clarifying this discussion, which is going slightly off topic. As of the last official release, the Java-GNOME has a supported port of libgtk-java and libglade-java for Windows. Please do not talk around them and make assumptions without first informing yourselves. http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/bin/view/Main/WindowsCompilation This port has been going on for about a year (since the first tested were conducted successfully). These guys deserve credit for all their hard work, as do you all. On Mon, 2005-11-04 at 00:58 -0300, Fernando Lozano wrote: > Hi, > > I think the message was't about the best Java GUI toolkit, but on how to > package SWT and apps that depend on them. Nothing prevents the packaging > of Java-Gnome and apps that depends on it, and it was done at least by > Fedora. > > If everyone would package just the "best" app/library for each category, > How would sendmail/postfix and Gnome/KDE users feel? > > But if you don't mind having your app running on Linux only (actually on > BSD and other Unixes) Java-Gnome would be a better toolkit. Go see their > websites and mailing list archives for specific reaons. :-) Actually, > using Java-Gnome is not Unix-only, just nobody did the port for Windows. > GTK itself and many apps, like Gimp and Ethereal, run fine under Windows > using the GTK port. > > []s, Fernando Lozano > > >On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 11:14:22PM -0400, Andrew Overholt wrote: > > > > > >>What about Java-GNOME? > >> > >> > > > >Java-GNOME is a fine project, but in all honesty, SWT is a > >tried-tested-and-true solution. Moreover it gives you cross-platform > >compatibility to Windows (and like it or not, Windows does > >matter on the desktop). > > > >I don't use many Java apps on the desktop. In fact, I used to > >*hate* java for desktop app because of Swing (mind you, I do > >Java for a living :)). And yeah, AWT is a joke nowadays for > >anything serious, so it's not even worth a mention. > > > >Eclipse changed all that for me. It showed me that a Java app > >can look and feel "native". It's nice. If I needed to do a > >desktop app and wanted to code it in Java, why pick anything > >else other than SWT for my toolkit? > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > JPackage-discuss mailing list > JPackage-discuss@xxxxxxxx > https://www.zarb.org/mailman/listinfo/jpackage-discuss > -- Ray Auge <rayauge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
