Re: [Java-gnome-developer] Java-GNOME thoughts

[Tiago C. <cog...@li...>]

On Dom, 2003-11-09 at 13:41, Luca De Rugeriis wrote:
> Il dom, 2003-11-09 alle 14:12, Tiago Cogumbreiro ha scritto:
> > IMO, one usefull  could bring to the Gnome/Java/Linux world is a tool
> > that i am developing, a program to grab and burn cd images with ease
> > (think of BlindSuite, CloneCD), the interface between Linux and java is
> > made with JNI but the burning/ripping engine is made totally in java, so
> > it's _not_ a cdrecord frontend. With the right amount of HIG and
> > cdrecording development it could be a killer app for Gnome and Linux
> > community. The application already reads cd images, blanks CD's (showing
> > the progress, cdrecord/cdrdao doesn't) and i've already implemented in C
> > the routine for writing ISO's (implementing it in java is just a matter
> > of minutes).
> > If there is someone interested in this project let me know.
> Cool! These could be a killer app since there are only gtoaster(which I
> don't like) an the old xcdroast, which still rocks but has an
> unintuitive interface and is written with gtk-1.4.
> On the other hand there is the nautilus burning component but it's very
> limited although it has a nice simple interface.
> I'm interested in contributing but I'm new to java/java-gnome/gtk (3
> months experience). I've written a simple java-gnome app as a learning
> exercise: It generates passwords of chosen length. I've also submitted
> patches to java-gnome.
> Unfortunately I can't help with the JNI, but maybe I can do something
> useful with the java part of the code.
You don't need to have any JNI skills because i already did the JNI
fondations of the lib so now everything that needs to be done is in
Java.

> If you think my skill level is too low, don't worry, you can simply
> ignore this mail ,it isn't an offense ;)
I don't know your skills, but i don't need to, if you can help i'll be
most gratefull.
The application is divided in two main components the cd I/O lib, the
graphical client and maybe a command line client. The GUI is already
being developed and it's functional yet there is work to be done.

> 
> Else you can send me your sources, and let me know which parts need some
> work.
> If you want to take a look at my little app (500 lines) to see what I
> can do, I will send it.
> 
> Ciao,
> Luca.
I am going to create a sourceforge project and put the files there, i
have a somewhat outdated version of cdmirror in:
http://s1x.homelinux.net/downloads/cdmirror.tar.bz2

Finally i want to underline that the initial concept of the project is
not to create a masterizing program, the first concept is to write/read
images from CDs (it already includes tools to convert images like .bin
to .isos, and raw audio to .wav). To create a fullfeatured remastering
program natively will be hard work, you have to create a library for ISO
managing, thus should be developed in a future stage.