Re: [xmlvm-users] XMLVM TODOs

[Arno P. <ar...@pu...>]

my original message was not meant as an open call for feature requests, 
but a call for help.  :-)  I wouldn't mind merging a patch that does 
that if someone is willing to work on that. Long ago XMLVM was producing 
a Makefile (see xmlvm/var/iphone/Makefile), but I haven't used it in ages.

Arno


On 9/12/10 7:03 AM, Leo Izen wrote:
> Would it be possible to have an option so instead of spitting out a
> complete XCode project (for the iphone target), it could spit out a GNU
> Autoconf configure script? I don't own a mac, but I can compile ON my
> iphone. I could transfer the project over to my iphone with SFTP and
> then bring up a shell and run ./configure, make. That would be nice. Thanx!
>
> On Sun, Sep 12, 2010 at 7:03 AM, Arno Puder <ar...@pu...
> <mailto:ar...@pu...>> wrote:
>
>
>     Guys,
>
>     some of you have offered help and I want to discuss potential projects
>     that are up for grabs. Of course it depends on your skills and
>     interests. From Android to iPhone, from Java to Objective-C, there is
>     plenty to do.
>
>     1. Documentation: Let me start with the least favorite, but still very
>     important job of documentation. If someone out there enjoys writing
>     technical documentation, XMLVM would get a major boost by offering
>     better documentation. Right now we have an HTML version in
>     xmlvm/doc/homepage/manual that is the best we have right now. We have
>     begun to convert this to DocBook in xmlvm/doc/manual/docbook. Anyone
>     interested in continuing the conversion to DocBook and/or adding new
>     documentation? A little HOWTO and a tutorial would be nice.
>
>     2. Java/Cocoa: directory xmlvm/src/xmlvm2objc/compat-lib/java contains
>     the Java sources of the Cocoa classes. The implementation of those
>     classes are also our own iPhone emulator. There are plenty of missing
>     API as well as API that was never implemented. Possible projects would
>     be to add missing Cocoa API and/or implement API that has not yet been
>     implemented. Another project might be to extend the emulator to run in
>     iPad mode. Our Java emulator is written entirely in Java and makes use
>     of Java2D. If that interests you, let me know.
>
>     3. C wrappers: as I mentioned several times on the mailing list, we are
>     swiftly moving towards the new C backend. One piece of work where we can
>     use your help is to implement the C wrappers. If you look at directory
>     xmlvm/src/xmlvm2c/compat-lib/iphone you see the generated wrappers
>     (those wrappers where actually automatically generated from the Java
>     Cocoa API mentioned above). If you look in org_xmlvm_iphone_UIImage.m
>     you get an idea of the kind of implementation that needs to be done.
>     That is kind of a high-priority job since we need those wrappers in
>     order to move to the new backend. This job requires good knowledge of
>     Objective-C and Cocoa.
>
>     4. Android to iPhone: if you check directory xmlvm/src/android2iphone
>     you will see Java classes that mimic the Android API, but are
>     implemented using our Java version of Cocoa. This is the basis of the
>     "Android app running on an iPhone". If you check this directory, you
>     will quickly find out that there are many, many Android classes missing.
>     This job is tricky because there is not always an obvious mapping from
>     Android API to Cocoa API (just think of Android's layout manager that
>     has nothing corresponding on the iPhone). Other API are easier. E.g.,
>     one little project could be to map the location API. This TODO requires
>     good knowledge of both Android and iPhone. You can work mostly in Java
>     but also need to extend the Cocoa API as needed (this is what I wrote in
>     (1)).
>
>     Well, guys, here you have it. XMLVM is Open Source and you are free to
>     use it in your products. But we can only make fast progress if the
>     community helps making XMLVM better. If you are interested in one of
>     these jobs, please send a note to me or over the mailing list so we can
>     better coordinate your efforts.
>
>     Arno
>
>
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