Re: [platform-swt-dev] GTK in CVS

[Boris Shingarov <Boris_Shingarov@xxxxxxx>]

HP>> Simple custom widget
SN> I was hoping that we wouldn't have to do this.
SN> SWT contains no custom C code, only wrappers
SN> for operating system calls.

Well the custom widget idea was kind of unrelated to custom C code.  The idea 
was of course to write the thing in Java, like everything else in SWT.  Back 
when I first faced the "jumping widgets" problem, the state of the SWT/GTK 
world was "1% limping 99% unimplemented", so my objective was to get 
something at least running at all, so I could look at the other major areas.  
Therefore, right now it's implemented the fastest (brain economy) way, not 
the best.  We are just lucky that we were able to come up with nifty hacks so 
it works *correctly*, but some day I would go out and decide I am now angry 
enough at all the extra handles, and do something better about the jumping 
(like - maybe - catching the resizes on the fixed (the Composite's parenting 
handle) and stopping the emission??)