Comments for L. Mihalkovic http://blog.laurentm.com thinking out loud... mostly about technology Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:37:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 Comment on Portable Cairo GC for SWT by laurent http://blog.laurentm.com/2008/07/portable-cairo-gc-for-swt/#comment-4 laurent Tue, 22 Jul 2008 15:10:00 +0000 http://blog.laurentm.com/?p=26#comment-4 I have been following your work on JFreeChart, and saw what you and other people have done to have a Graphics2D in SWT. I never thought about it, but this is a really great idea. I actually do have some parts towards that goal, as I am building a widget for which I build a couple of libraries that needed some of the things you find in Graphics2D. Rather than create my own API, I basically implemented the Java2D api for Paint and Composites. I'll have to think about that one. I have been following your work on JFreeChart, and saw what you and other people have done to have a Graphics2D in SWT. I never thought about it, but this is a really great idea. I actually do have some parts towards that goal, as I am building a widget for which I build a couple of libraries that needed some of the things you find in Graphics2D. Rather than create my own API, I basically implemented the Java2D api for Paint and Composites. I’ll have to think about that one.

]]> Comment on Portable Cairo GC for SWT by dgilbert http://blog.laurentm.com/2008/07/portable-cairo-gc-for-swt/#comment-3 dgilbert Tue, 22 Jul 2008 07:53:50 +0000 http://blog.laurentm.com/?p=26#comment-3 This looks really interesting. What I'd love to see is a cross platform widget in SWT that uses Cairo to provide a Graphics2D implementation for drawing on the widget's surface. Then it would be trivial to get third party libraries that rely on Java2D (for example, JFreeChart) working nicely in SWT. Right now in JFreeChart, we have some experimental code to support SWT, but the SWTGraphics2D implementation is backed directly by SWT's GC, so the implementation is partial. I'll be keeping an eye on the improvements you are making. Regards, Dave Gilbert JFreeChart Project Leader This looks really interesting. What I’d love to see is a cross platform widget in SWT that uses Cairo to provide a Graphics2D implementation for drawing on the widget’s surface. Then it would be trivial to get third party libraries that rely on Java2D (for example, JFreeChart) working nicely in SWT.

Right now in JFreeChart, we have some experimental code to support SWT, but the SWTGraphics2D implementation is backed directly by SWT’s GC, so the implementation is partial. I’ll be keeping an eye on the improvements you are making.

Regards,

Dave Gilbert
JFreeChart Project Leader

]]> Comment on Better looking SWT apps on Mac OS by explodingpixels http://blog.laurentm.com/2008/07/better-looking-java-apps-on-mac-os/#comment-2 explodingpixels Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:48:31 +0000 http://blog.laurentm.com/?p=14#comment-2 Hi Laurent, I'm actually developing an entire toolkit that will make is super-simple to create good looking Java apps on Mac. Much of the components and code you've seen on my blog (http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/) are "rough drafts" of the toolkit components. If you'd like, send me your email address (anyone else that is interested should also feel free to email me) and I'll give you a sneak peak at what's in the pipeline: kenneth.orr@gmail.com -Ken P.S. Note that sheets are available via a client property in Java 6 on Mac. Hi Laurent,

I’m actually developing an entire toolkit that will make is super-simple to create good looking Java apps on Mac. Much of the components and code you’ve seen on my blog (http://explodingpixels.wordpress.com/) are “rough drafts” of the toolkit components.

If you’d like, send me your email address (anyone else that is interested should also feel free to email me) and I’ll give you a sneak peak at what’s in the pipeline:

kenneth.orr@gmail.com

-Ken
P.S. Note that sheets are available via a client property in Java 6 on Mac.

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