RE: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-17 Thread Daniel Rall
> www.gjt.org > CVS dir > java/org/gjt/shark I'll check it out, I'm there too. Isn't everything on GJT LGPLed? > Actually it turns out you can have several levels of abstractionI have > drivers directly on top of the hardware and yes the driver is > non-portable Very nice. I figured (hoped) i

Re: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-15 Thread Michael Emmel
Paul Fisher wrote: > "Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Yeah, same here. I vote for doing away with heavyweight peer > > components all together and having the AWT simply wrap the > > lightweight JFC components. > > The GTK+ heavyweight peers are almost complete. We're not going to

Re: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-14 Thread Paul Fisher
"Daniel Rall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Yeah, same here. I vote for doing away with heavyweight peer > components all together and having the AWT simply wrap the > lightweight JFC components. The GTK+ heavyweight peers are almost complete. We're not going to just throw them away. They wor

RE: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-14 Thread Daniel Rall
> - What is the point of the peer architecture? If each peer has a > non-peer counterpart, why not do everything directly in the non-peer? > (I've been wondering the answer to this question ever since I first > learned the AWT) Yeah, same here. I vote for doing away with heavyweight peer compon

Re: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-14 Thread Paul Fisher
Kimberley Burchett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - What is the point of the peer architecture? If each peer has a > non-peer counterpart, why not do everything directly in the > non-peer? It's easier to port that way. The peers provide the native layer, and the non-peers provide the Java layer

Re: volunteering for AWT

1999-02-13 Thread Aaron M. Renn
Kimberley Burchett wrote: > I have a few questions before I volunteer to help with the AWT: Thanks for writing! > - What is the point of the peer architecture? If each peer has a > non-peer counterpart, why not do everything directly in the non-peer? > (I've been wondering the answer to this q