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Re: removing or using AWT/Swing

From: Tom Tromey <tromey at redhat dot com>
To: gnustuff at thisiscool dot com
Cc: tromey at redhat dot com, Marco Trudel <mtrudel at gmx dot ch>, Dalibor Topic <robilad at kaffe dot org>, GCJ <java at gcc dot gnu dot org>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2006 17:23:43 -0400
Subject: Re: removing or using AWT/Swing
References: <17607.52233.952726.303525@localhost.localdomain> <SMFCEAGTPT2QMWVPON074Z85B91T.44c7d499@d9300>
Reply-to: tromey at redhat dot com

>>>>> "Mohan" == Mohan Embar <gnustuff@thisiscool.com> writes:

Tom> We'd like a real Windows port but nobody is working on it.
Tom> Perhaps someone could try lifting this from Harmony.

Mohan> Is that possible from a GPL standpoint?

Opinions vary :-)

Mohan> I personally think SWT peers are the fastest path to a
Mohan> Win32 peer implementation.

I've heard on the grapevine that this isn't really possible, the rumor
being that SWT does not expose enough low-level bits for a full AWT
implementation.  But I don't really know -- do you?

Mohan> I had started a Win32 peer implementation ages ago but
Mohan> never got around to finishing it. I think I was able to bring
Mohan> up a frame. Sources are still there:
Mohan> http://gcc.gnu.org/ml/java/2004-06/msg00089.html

Ship it!  :-)

Tom

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