[news.eclipse.tools.gef] Re: gef and draw2d docs

[asimullah@xxxxxxxxxxx (Asim Ullah)]

I personally find I gain the greatest understanding from looking at well 
written, short examples or snippets. Think of SWT Snippets or the Java 
Almanac, great sources of short examples.

These actually exist in Draw2D case and I?m not talking about
the Logic, Flow or Shapes examples, which are more geared
towards GEF than teaching draw2d.

If you look in the Draw2D CVS repository org.eclipse.draw2d.examples you'll
find short examples covering the following topics 
  routing, 
  graph layout,
  figure layout,
  printing,
  scrollpanes,
  text figures,
  thunbnail,
  trees,
  zooming

It's is a great resource of info, but perhaps little known about.
They should be referenced from the GEF homepage.

It wouldn't be hard for someone in the community to build a webpage
around these. Having a good understanding of Draw2D is key if you
want to write something unique and special as a GEF plugin, IMHO.