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Re: [platform-swt-dev] Pivot/SWT
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With e4 one can write full Pivot-Application BTW (by writing a
Pivot-Renderer implementation).
Tom
Am 18.02.10 17:26, schrieb Greg Brown:
> Hi Silenio,
>
>> I had a quick look at your demos. Nice work!
>
> Thanks!
>
>> We would be interested in the port from a diffrent view: it would be a
>> great test for SWT graphics. Please let us know of any issues you may
>> find. The browser integration is indeed very challenging. You might be
>> able to use the SWT_AWT bridge for this.
>
> In the scenario I am envisioning, we would swap out AWT and replace it
> with SWT for all rendering, thus eliminating any dependency on AWT and
> making it much easier to build and integrate Pivot applications within
> the Eclipse framework. This is certainly doable, and I could probably
> put together a proof of concept with a few components fairly quickly.
> However, porting all of our component skins to SWT will obviously take
> longer.
>
> I guess what I am asking is - do you think there would be any interest
> in the Eclipse community in building Eclipse plugins or RCP apps using
> Pivot? I recognize that, though they are both UI toolkits, Pivot and SWT
> have slightly different objectives: SWT focuses on providing a fast,
> efficient Java binding to the native platform UI, and Pivot defines a
> cross-platform L&F that is the same across all operating systems and
> devices.
>
> This could be viewed as a simple difference in philosophy, or it could
> be seen as an opportunity to collaborate - these approaches, while
> distinct, are not mutually exclusive, and may actually complement each
> other.
>
> What do you think? :-)
>
> Greg
>
>
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