[news.eclipse.tools] Re: Is Eclipse right for this task???

["Jake Thompson" <jake@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well,
It wouldn't do anyting that anyone who has ever looked here before would
find usefull.  Actually it is a design tool for a particular type of folk
art.  I just don't se any reason to reinvent the wheel and I have a working
knowledge of writing eclipse plugins, so I figured what the hell.  Not a
plugin that is particularly useful to any other group than my mothers
friends/competitors(they are folk artists).  All of them have little money
and all of them use expensive software that does not work well.

I have used the SWT printing API and I think I can get enough control from
that.  I could also use FO to create pdf's that are laid out correctly.


Thanks,
Jake T.


"Michael R Head" <burner@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2003.04.01.15.57.31.920959@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:22:00 -0500, Jake Thompson wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > The only thing I can think of relating it to is a UML modeling too that
> > never generates java code, just an xml file that describes the uml
> diagram.
>
> Sounds like a reasonable application to build on top of the base platform.
>
> What would it do? Do you think it would be a plugin that would be useful
> for others to use?
>
> I haven't done anything with printing, so I don't know how well the SWT
> printing API works.
>
> >
> > Please let me know what you think, or if you need more infor to
determine.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Jake T.
>