Re: [photran] GUI on eclipse platform

[Hani <hibr-list@xxxxxx>]

yamada schrieb:
> Hi:
> I wonder do anyone have incorporated JAPI on eclipse platform?
> JAPI has been  introduced in Chap 12 of Fortran Tools, The Fortran Company,
> as a GUI
> for Fortran Programs,
> The Visual Editor can be  a powerful GUI interface combined with Java.
> However,
> it is considered that  photran with JAPI is a very convenient combination
> for
> the average  Fortran users.

The developer of JAPI stopped development 2003. Nevertheless JAPI is a
nice, *easy-to-use* and well-documented GUI library if you accept the
limitations of the Java AWT Toolkit and JAPI (AFAIK JAPI does not
contain the whole AWT API).

But it is not possible to create GUI-Code via a WYSIWYG GUI-Editor! VE
creates Java code only and does not return "JAPI-Fortran"-Code. You need
to learn and use Java's code-based Layout-Managers which are integrated
in JAPI. The tutorial is available in German only but there is a
complete English reference guide and many sample programs commented in
English. (Be careful: If I recall correctly one or two Fortran 90 sample
programs contain bugs).

A newer and more modern alternative - based on GTK - is PILIB
(http://pilib.beta-centauri.de). But there is less documentation
available at the moment. A tutorial in French and a brief reference
guide exists AFAIK. PILIB is still in development and promising in my eyes.

Regards,

Hani