[luxor-xul-develop] Re: Starting to develop

[Gerald B. <ge...@va...>]

Servus Waldemar,

> sorry for my bad english

  Nothing to be sorry about.
 
> Which JDK version is used to build Luxor. I tried to
> use jdk 1.2.2, 
> but there are a couple of problems with swing.

   Luxor requires Java 1.4.

> Is there a list of libraries needed by the core
> luxor library?

  I packed all libraries into the ramses distro. 
To see what libraries you need, check out the Luxor
ant buildfile, especially the classpath element in the
compile target.

> Where do I contribute my source changes and how?

  The first step is to sign-up for the
luxor-xul-develop mailing list.

  You have already done it. Welcome to the show.

  If you want to contribute source code, please post
them here. Cut and paste them into your email. 

  Please, don't use any styled text (e.g. HTML) or so
on, just plain-vanilla text. Separate your multiple
files using
 
  ===============================================

  or a similar device.

  For bigger contributions I will setup another
mailing list where you can send your contribution
bundled up in a zip archive.
   
> Is there something like an architectureal overview
> on the luxor 
> pachages?

  Check out my talk series:

  * The "Linux Kernel" for Desktop Apps - Uniting XUL,
SVG, HTML, Velocity, Web Start, XSL/T, Python and more
at
 
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/vanx-jul-2002/slides.html


  * Luxor: Beyond Swing and HTML: Building Rich,
Cross-Platform, Zero-Admin Desktop Apps on Open
Standards Today online at

http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/talk/jug-oct-2001/slides.html

  More to come in the future.
  
> Final question before lunch:
> Luxor is a library, right? Can I use this library in
> a commercial 
> application without affecting the licence of the
> commercal 
> application?

  Luxor is released under the GPL. You can use it for
commercial applications for free (zero-euro) as long
as you follow the GPL rules (explained in
plain-English in the license itself). See
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/license.html for
details.

 Enjoy your lunch.

  - Gerald