FWIW, I kinda like it even outside an IDE context -- I use it to run my apps at the command line with more brevity.
-T On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Greg Brown <gkbr...@mac.com> wrote: > The alternative is to use the other DesktopApplicationContext.main() method > (the one that just takes an array of String) and pass the name of the Pivot > application class as the first argument. The overloaded version that takes a > class and a string array is just a convenience method that delegates to this > one. It is used primarily for launching Pivot applications from within an IDE > - however, as I mentioned, if you are using Eclipse, this shortcut is no > longer necessary, since you can now use the Pivot plugin to launch a Pivot > application class directly. You can also use the plugin to launch BXML files > directly via the ScriptApplication launcher. > > G > > On Aug 8, 2010, at 1:24 AM, Michael Allman wrote: > >> I use it to launch my Pivot app so I'd rather it stay, but I can't say I'd >> be upset to see it go. BTW, what is the preferred or suggested way for >> running a Pivot app? >> >> Also, if it does "go" I think marking it @deprecated first with a pointer to >> the alternative would be the smoothest way. Subsequently, the method would >> be removed altogether. >> >> Michael >> >> >> On Thu, 29 Jul 2010, Greg Brown wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> Given that we now have a plugin that makes it easy to launch Pivot >>> applications within Eclipse via a context menu, I'm wondering if we still >>> need the DesktopApplicationContext.main(Class<? extends Application>, >>> String[]) method. As I recall, the primary reason this method was created >>> was to support this use case. It was a great suggestion (care of Noel) and >>> it has worked quite well - I'm just wondering if it is worth preserving in >>> Pivot 2.0. >>> >>> Let me know what you think. >>> >>> Greg >>> > >
