Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Windows-Port in progress...

[Linuxhippy <lin...@we...>]

Jeffrey Morgan schrieb:

> I am very glad to hear you are starting this effort.  Please
> keep us informed on your progress and don't hesitate to ask
> questions.  I would really like to see this project succeed!
>
I´ll start as soon as I can free up some time (next Monday after Math-Exam).
I hope it does not matter, that the port will be cygwin (will increase 
size  needed for dlls)..
The main-focus will be at gcj, because there´s for now no gui-toolkit 
for gcj/winedows except for swt....

> It might be a much easier task to port the latest in cvs.
> The code does not use the generator.  All of the glue code
> is contained in the src/jni directory.  It also uses GTK2.
> The implementation is also much cleaner
>
I´ve heard, that 0.8 will be a big step. Is the api stable, or will 
there be big changes in the future?
Some time ago, you told us, that the 0.8 will have a completly new api. 
I welcome this really very much, because there where many low-level 
thigs in 0.71 which slew down development...

One question: On the swt-site I read that its very hard to use gc with 
native toolkits. Is this also true for java-gtk, or can it handle 
recources pretty well?

On Monday I´ll have a look to 0.8, maybe I can manage to use mingw32 for 
the bindings themself, so cygwin-dlls will be only needed with gcj...

Mfg Linuxhippy

PS: Java-GTK is the most clear,easy and prductive toolkit, I´ve ever 
used. I had a look to GTK+, AWT, SWING, MFC (uhhrrgg!) and WxWindows, 
but Java-gnome and Java or  best!

> -Jeff
>
>
> > Hi Gnu-Java-Folks!
> >
> > As I´ve promised several times before, I´m finaly starting
> > now to make a
> > build of java-gtk-0.7.1 for windows, because I´ve heard, that
> > a working
> > gcj with jni is out for windows using the cygwin-libraries.
> >
> > So the port will be based on cygwin, I hope thats not too
> > ugly for your
> > needs...
> >
> > My problem is the glue-c-code:
> > I cant simply compile it, because java-gtk is in the
> > gtk-1.3.0/windows-port from www.gtk.org->win32 without gtk-config.
> > So, please could anybody explain me, which files I should compile and
> > wich files I need to link togehter to a library.
> > I´ve already looked into /src/code/jni/glue or so..., and
> > there are some
> > C-Files in it. Is it right, that I only need to do gcc -c *.c
> > and then
> > link every *.o to a shared library (I think gcc has such a
> > flag..). Do I
> > need the java/jni-inicludes.
> >
> > I hope you´re not angry to me, because I´ve promised so
> > often, that I´ll
> > do a port. But belive me, my problem is simply time. Now I´ve
> > downloaded
> > cygwin and I´m ready to start  "work" (fun)...
> >
> > Mfg Linuxhippy
> >
>