draft paper on Java support in Gnome

Tue Jul 11 05:20:00 GMT 2000

Your paper present a possible integration between Java and gtk;
i have some questions on the idea; it is not my intention to flame,
take me seriously :->
1) Gnome is more than gtk; what about the rest ?
For example, Bonobo integration thru Corba (IDL or RMI/IIOP) ?
2) Are gtk bindings for Java needed ?
>From one side, this would break compatibility, from the other do
it really bring more functionalities to Java than the AWT ?
What about using 'simply' a gtk based implementation of the AWT ?
3) The exact contrary of the above: is the AWT needed ?
What i really mean is that a possible answer to question 2 is to say:
f**k Sun, let's do Java our way; then adapt to Java the UI
technologies available in the free software world, and don't consider
the standard Java technologies.
Of course, 2 and 3 can be mixed; but i was wandering if behind
the paper there was some kind of discussion.
About swing, i don't know if it is serious, but apparently
there is a GPL implementation of a swing look and feel that
is able to load Gtk and Qt themes; look at:
http://www.L2FProd.com/software/skinlf/index.html
it may be usefull in this framework (ok, still need the swing
code, but then it would may be suggest to implement the standard
pluggable look and feel mechanism).
Maurizio
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