Re: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] Describe your UI with XMl (XUL, XHTML...)

[Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Btw, another CSS parser is the SteadyState
one:
   http://cssparser.sourceforge.net/

(Also LGPL)

It was the one used in the EclipseCon
2007 paper by Matt Hatem  http://www.eclipsecon.org/2007/index.php?page=sub/&id=3631.

Kevin

"Gorkem Ercan" <gercan@xxxxxxx>
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I would be interested with a CSS engine as well. What
is the license
on the current implementation?
--
Gorkem

On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 11:42 AM, Yves YANG <yves.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
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> Hi Angelo,
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> I think you remember me. We had a discussion in forum of developez.com.
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> >Ok do you want that I create CSS Engine distribution in order
to you can
> test it? I think CSS Engine API come be stable. I must implement more
CSS2
> Properties.
>  Yes, could you prepare a package of CSS engine we can look at
it in detail.
>
>
>
> Regards
>
> Yves
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>  ________________________________
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> From: eclipse-incubator-e4-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:eclipse-incubator-e4-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Angelo
> zerr
>  Sent: Saturday, April 26, 2008 12:21 AM
>  To: E4 developer list
>  Subject: Re: [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] Describe your UI with
XMl
> (XUL,XHTML...) to render it with SWT and SWT CSS engine.
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> Hi Kevin,
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>  >So my initial reaction is:
>  >1) Great!
>  >2) Come to the summit!
>  Thank you very much!
>
>  I'm will be happy if TK-UI code can help E4.
>  Today I'm refactoring TK-UI to manage it with JFace Databinding.
On other
> words the DOM and the UI (SWT or Swing) is synchronised with JFace
> Databinding (ex : if you have <textbox value="bla bla"
/> the attribute
> value is bounded with SWT Text text property).
>
>  I have implement into UFace project the DOM JFace Databinding.
More I have
> created DBEL (Databinding _expression_ Language) with JFace Databding
to
> describe binding with String, so I can manage this case for instance
:
>
>  <script>
>  function Person() {
>      this.name = name;
>  }
>  var p = new Persone();
>  p.name = ''bla bla bla;
>  </script>
>  <textbox value={Binding Source=p Path=name} />
>
>  When textbox changed, the name of Person scriptable object is
upadted (with
> JFace Databinding).
>
>  But today I'm working on CSS Engine and after I will finsih
TK-Ui with
> JFace Databinding.
>
>  >I'd not heard of your project but your new feature list
is right on target
> for things that we care about (well, except the Swing part <g>).
> >Declarative technologies, XForms, CSS, XUL, ... cross compiling
SWT...
> these are all important to us.
>  It's very difficult to do know a project. If you are interested
with
> Akrogen I could tell about more. There are several features like XUL
dynamic
> where you can describe your XUL with Freemarker and you can use IFolder
> Eclipse instance (before opening a XML/XUL wizard, Akrogen plugin
get the
> selected IFolder (into Project View) and merge it with the XMl/XUL.
So you
> can display a wizard which display XUL Tree with arborescence of the
IFile.
>
>  >I think its going to take some time for folks to look at
your project to
> provide a more in depth reply.
>  Yes, more today I'm alone. So the project progress slowly.
>  >But look, in the meantime you should think about coming
to the summit.
> Just the CSS engine alone with the right licensing, care and >fed,
would be
> a huge boon to e4.  And on and on.  It seems you've done
lots of work, and
> could contribute lots in either code or first hand >technical experience.
>  Ok do you want that I create CSS Engine distribution in order
to you can
> test it? I think CSS Engine API come be stable. I must implement more
CSS2
> Properties.
>
>  How can I proceed to help you? Do you want some documentation
(only frensh
> is available). Do you want distribution? Have you tested the CSS Engine?
If
> you have done that, what do you think about it? Do you think that
CSS Engine
> will help E4?
>
>  Regards Angelo
>
>
>
>
> 2008/4/25 Kevin McGuire <Kevin_McGuire@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
>
>  Hi Angelo,
>
>  So my initial reaction is:
>  1) Great!
>  2) Come to the summit!
>
>  I'd not heard of your project but your new feature list is right
on target
> for things that we care about (well, except the Swing part <g>).
> Declarative technologies, XForms, CSS, XUL, ... cross compiling SWT...
these
> are all important to us.
>
>  I think its going to take some time for folks to look at your
project to
> provide a more in depth reply.  But look, in the meantime you
should think
> about coming to the summit.  Just the CSS engine alone with the
right
> licensing, care and fed, would be a huge boon to e4.  And on
and on.  It
> seems you've done lots of work, and could contribute lots in either
code or
> first hand technical experience.
>
>  Cheers,
>  Kevin
>
>
>
>
>
> "Angelo zerr" <angelo.zerr@xxxxxxxxx>
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> [eclipse-incubator-e4-dev] Describe your UI with XMl (XUL,  
     XHTML...)
> to render it with SWT and SWT CSS engine.
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>  Hi,
>  I post mail into E4 mailling list, because you will be perhaps
inetrested
> with my work.
>
>  I'm Akrogen developer wih is Eclipse plugin to generate code.
With Akrogen
> you can describe your Eclipse wizard with XML/XUL and _javascript_ and
you can
> link to template (Freemarker, Velocity or XSL) or ANT task to generate
the
> code you want.
>
>  I'm dvelopping new features for Akrogen and I have created TK-UI
project
> (sorry for the moment only frensh translation is available) to manage
a lot
> of thing like :
>  * decribe your UI with XML with any XML grammar (XUL, XForms,
XHTML,
> XAML....)
>  *render the XML description into SWT or Swing.
>  * manage CSS styling.
>  * manage Databinding to bind for instance _javascript_ object
or DOM with UI
> controls (I'm using JFace Databinding to manage that).
>
>  I have developped CSS Engine which is able to apply styles for
SWT or Swing
> UI. So you can use the CSS Engine with pur SWT or Swing Java code.
>
>  If you want test CSS Engine with SWT you can download Eclipse
project :
>
>  CSS Engine core :
> http://tk-ui.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/tk-ui/org.akrogen.tkui.css/trunk/org.akrogen.tkui.css.core
>
>  SWT Engine implemenation :
> http://tk-ui.svn.sourceforge.net/svnroot/tk-ui/org.akrogen.tkui.css/trunk/org.akrogen.tkui.css.swt
>
>  You can launch
> test/org/akrogen/tkui/css/swt/examples/csseditors/CSSEditorSWTWidgets.java
> which is sample of CSS editor with SWT.This sample show that CSS Engine
can
> apply CSS styles at runtime. (Change the CSS styles textarea content
to
> apply styles).
>
>  If you are interested with my work, don't hesitate to contact
me.
>
>  Regards Angelo
>
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