First of all let me thank everybody for their input on this topic. We should get together more often and talk like this 8-)
Let me start this email by clarifying the goals of the java-gnome project. Our projects directive is to provide a language binding for the GNOME desktop environment. I, for one, believe that GNOME usage will continue to increase and over time it will be a highly desirable target for new applications. Developers that wish to target this environment should have many language choices and java-gnome will ensure there is a java choice. We already provide bindings for glib, pango, atk, gdk, gtk, libglade, ligbnome, libgnomeui, gconf, gtkhtml and limited support for vte. We will continue to integrate even further with the GNOME Desktop environment by providing future support for gnome-vfs, gnome-print, bonobo, gnome applets, etc. This does mean that java-gnome is not the correct choice for many application developers. I am sorry. I cannot be everything to everybody. Yes, you can use our gtk and glade bindings and develop an application that should run on Windows, OS X, etc. These applications will not be much different than swing (and swt) applications on these platforms. They will not integrate seamlessly into the environment and will look (possibly behave) differently than applications written in C/C++. I like the idea of supporting both JNI and CNI. The java-gnome development team knows that I have prototyped several variations of a small example application that does just this. We will need to discuss this topic to determine if we will be able to fit it into one of our short release schedules. I guess I should make a pitch here for help from others in the community. If you are interested in helping with this then please let us know. -Jeff > based on the responses to my email to various jvm mailing lists, it > seems that dropping jni would be a really bad idea - I guess my vote > must go for keeping jni. Jeff - I'd be interested to hear > your views on > the message about generating jni/cni sources where jni is used within > the functions for both approaches. > > On Fri, Mar 12, 2004 at 04:49:54PM +0500, Jehanzeb Pathan wrote: > > Will using JNI allow me as a Java programmer to make a jar > package of my > > code as usual and then provide j-g_win32.jar, j-g_rh9.jar, > j-g_bsd.jar etc. > > Your app will be a single jar file. Hopefully linux distributions will > include java-gnome so you won't have to. > You will be able to point to a download location for java-gnome too. > This is a little more than a single jar file - it needs some native > libraries too. > > > -- > .''`. Mark Howard > : :' : > `. `' http://www.tildemh.com > `- [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials > Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of > GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system > administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click > _______________________________________________ > java-gnome-hackers mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/java-gnome-hackers > NOTE: THIS IS A CONFIDENTIAL COMMUNICATION. This transmission is intended only for the use of the individuals or entity to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, or the person responsible for delivering the message to the intended recipient, please return or delete it immediately. Although this e-mail and any attachments are believed to be free of any virus or other defect, it is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that it is virus free and no responsibility is accepted by us for any loss or damage arising in any way from its unauthorized modification or use. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
