Re: [JGIT PATCH 0/3] Request for help: graph-based UI

Hi,

On Sat, 25 Jul 2009, Shawn O. Pearce wrote:

Douglas Campos [off-list ref] wrote:

quoted

Just a question.. all graphic things that we implement in swing aren't 
usable inside eclipse with swt-awt bridge?

They should be usuable inside the SWT-AWT bridge, but that bridge is 
really dicey to get working right sometimes.  I had a lot of trouble 
with it at my prior day-job and am happy I no longer have to deal with 
it.

For the most part, SWT and AWT are similar enough in their rendering 
that its possible to build most of a layout algorithm to be rendering 
API agnostic, and then permit implementation of AWT and SWT backends. 
But that still is duplicated effort, vs. straightforward code reuse.

Of course, the Graph GUI is Swing...

But I would definitely welcome if somebody made the rendering more 
modular, to allow for an SWT backend.

In fact, I think I welcome almost everything people contribute to the 
Graph GUI project.

Ciao,
Dscho