RE: [ve-dev] How about separating the UI frame codes from those c ontrol

[Dave Orme <DaveO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>   Hi everyone there! I'm new to this mailing list.
>   First must say you've done a great job, that's what I'm 
> looking for since 
> I've met with those boring swing matters, you know, especially those 
> layouts. Being a java newbie, I'm totally unfamiliar with 
> layouts, heh.
> 
>   And I've had the idea of separating UI codes from my "true 
> source codes" 
> after using VE for about 2 days. That idea is not new, it's 
> copied from the 
> .frm file used in Delphi, they use them to describe the form layouts, 
> components, etc.
> <snip/>

Yes, this is something we've been talking about.  XSWT, an XML format for
describing SWT layouts, has been proposed as a UI markup language.  Doing
this is mainly a matter of someone making time to add support for it.  Would
you like to?  <g>


Regards,

Dave