Comments on: Escher peers progress http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/ Roman Kennke's ramblings Fri, 21 Nov 2008 12:13:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: roman http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54464 roman Wed, 10 Oct 2007 07:06:52 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54464 Adrian: You can download the latest release <a href="http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/downloads/downloads.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>. Maybe wait a few days, then a new version will be released, which has much better support for Escher. You have to build Classpath with a special configure switch to enable Escher: ./configure --with-escher=/path/to/latest/escher/build and then the usual make && make install Also note that you need the latest SVN Version of Escher for this (I must beat myself to push a new release out soon). Escher can easily be built using Ant. If you have all this in place, you still need a JavaVM that uses Classpath. I recommend JamVM or CacaoVM. I hope there will be packages of all this soon after the release of Classpath and Escher in the Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora repos, it's a relatively convoluted installation for inexperienced users otherwise. Adrian: You can download the latest release here. Maybe wait a few days, then a new version will be released, which has much better support for Escher. You have to build Classpath with a special configure switch to enable Escher:

./configure –with-escher=/path/to/latest/escher/build

and then the usual make && make install

Also note that you need the latest SVN Version of Escher for this (I must beat myself to push a new release out soon). Escher can easily be built using Ant.

If you have all this in place, you still need a JavaVM that uses Classpath. I recommend JamVM or CacaoVM.

I hope there will be packages of all this soon after the release of Classpath and Escher in the Debian/Ubuntu/Fedora repos, it’s a relatively convoluted installation for inexperienced users otherwise.

]]> By: flowinto http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54463 flowinto Wed, 10 Oct 2007 06:47:39 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54463 sounds really great!!! would you provide a link or do you have further informations...like, is there a brunch of GNU Classpath I must use? I have never done anything with GNU Classpath. Thank you in advance, Adrian sounds really great!!!

would you provide a link or do you have further informations…like, is there a brunch of GNU Classpath I must use? I have never done anything with GNU Classpath.

Thank you in advance,

Adrian

]]> By: roman http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54412 roman Tue, 09 Oct 2007 09:07:25 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54412 flowinto: The only project like this I know is (one of) the AWT implementation in GNU Classpath. There I implemented a backend for AWT which uses Escher. This means, you can use the standard AWT and Swing APIs for creating a GUI with Escher. flowinto: The only project like this I know is (one of) the AWT implementation in GNU Classpath. There I implemented a backend for AWT which uses Escher. This means, you can use the standard AWT and Swing APIs for creating a GUI with Escher.

]]> By: flowinto http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54410 flowinto Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:16:42 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-54410 Hi, really nice stuff - this escher project. Do you know a ported Gui-API , so that it uses the escher X11 functionality in background. In other words: Is there an API where I can write something like: new Window("X11Window Title").add(new Button("Hello X11 World")); Where the Window with the containing button is send to the X-Server using the escher-lib? Or do I have to write all GUI-widgets on my own using rudimentary x11-graphic-functions like lines, rectangle ... Greentings, Adrian Hi,

really nice stuff - this escher project.

Do you know a ported Gui-API , so that it uses the escher X11 functionality in background.

In other words: Is there an API where I can write something like:

new Window(”X11Window Title”).add(new Button(”Hello X11 World”));

Where the Window with the containing button is send to the X-Server using the escher-lib? Or do I have to write all GUI-widgets on my own using rudimentary x11-graphic-functions like lines, rectangle …

Greentings,

Adrian

]]> By: roman http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-51546 roman Mon, 23 Jul 2007 15:13:53 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-51546 Havoc: I think you might be correct. However, I can't find any documentation about the Motif hints implementation at protocol level. With toolbar this is easy, I just send the two X Atoms for the TOOLBAR property, and that's it. However, looking at how it's implemented elsewhere (e.g. GDK), it seems like the Motif hints are a little more complex. Havoc: I think you might be correct. However, I can’t find any documentation about the Motif hints implementation at protocol level. With toolbar this is easy, I just send the two X Atoms for the TOOLBAR property, and that’s it. However, looking at how it’s implemented elsewhere (e.g. GDK), it seems like the Motif hints are a little more complex.

]]> By: Havoc Pennington http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-51457 Havoc Pennington Fri, 20 Jul 2007 00:53:05 +0000 http://kennke.org/blog/2007/07/19/escher-peers-progress/#comment-51457 If you just mean "undecorated" the Motif hint is a better choice than TOOLBAR, for all window managers I know of. Every WM of note supports the Motif hint. It will break things to use a semantic hint for the wrong semantic. Better to use the nonsemantic hint. If you just mean “undecorated” the Motif hint is a better choice than TOOLBAR, for all window managers I know of. Every WM of note supports the Motif hint.

It will break things to use a semantic hint for the wrong semantic. Better to use the nonsemantic hint.

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