[Java-gnome-developer] Re: Hello

[Jean v. W. <je...@sm...>]

Hi,

To all the people lurking and watching on java-gnome-developer:

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Paul Gear wrote:

> Question from another lurker: how complete are the GNOME bindings in
> CVS?  They seem to be almost non-existant in 0.4.1 - where can i find
> information on how to use them?

Most of the GNOME bindings is done and even partially tested in the
version in CVS.

Since the 0.4.1 release we have made a lot of changes.  The project was
dormant for a while but is back on the track.  Jeff Morgan is the new
project leader.

We are working towards a 0.5.0 release with the added changes and with
better documentation and a tutorial.  We plan to bring it out as soon as
possible.

For those that are to impatient to wait feel free to check it out from
CVS, but check back regularly to get the aditional changes.

> I can't promise contribution, but i'd like to use the library to write a
> GNOME application - where is the best place to start?

The best place to start differs.  If you have GTK+/GNOME experience you
can just dive in and look at the test examples.  Have a browse through the
tutorial as well.  For those with no GTK+/GNOME experience start with the
tutorial, and then look at the examples in test.

TIP:  If you run "make doc" in the src directory you will get the javadoc
docmuentation of all the packages and classes plus all the methods that
was implemented so this is an excelent reference.

> Paul
> ---------
> "He must become greater; i must become less." - John 3:30
> http://www.bigfoot.com/~paulgear


Paul - please start writing your application.  You will most probably run
into some trouble.  We will be willing to help and we plan to expand the
Java-GNOME bindings as fast as we can.

Yours sincerely
Jean