Re: [albireo-dev] thoughts on API, options

[Gordon Hirsch <gordon.hirsch@xxxxxxx>]

Bruno Haible wrote:
> About the formalism: Is it possible to write down such preferences using
> extension points rather than classical JavaVM -D options?
>
>   <extension point="org.eclipse.albireo.prefs.nativeLookAndFeel">
>     <true>
>   </extension>

Something like this can be done, but like preferences, extension points 
would introduce a dependency on the Eclipse runtime. This is a problem 
if we want to support standalone SWT (non-RCP) applications. And I 
assume that we *do* want to support them.