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| SWT [message #23454] |
Wed, 03 April 2002 17:55  |
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Originally posted by: usingmyillusion.hotmail.com
Hi there all,
please, I apologize if this will sound as a retoric question, but I'm really
seeking a "formal" answer.
Currently, as I saw in the documents, CDT only supports Linux using Motif.
My question is - why only Motif? As I know the eclipse project (and, of
course, I might be wrong), the SWT is the standard UI layer for the eclipse
project & tools, and is platform-dependant, so you need to port it in order
for it to work; but, as far as I've seen (in the regular drops page),
eclipse is available also for GTK. This implies that SWT was ported to GTK;
and if CDT uses SWT for UI - and it *should* use SWT for UI, in order to be
a standard eclipse tool - then CDT shouldn't have any problems running on
GTK.
Am I missing something here?
- Isaac
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| Re: SWT [message #23497 is a reply to message #23454] |
Wed, 03 April 2002 18:51  |
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I can answer for WSAD on Linux which has a similar statement regarding
support for motif/linux versions. The CDT development team may have a
different perspective though, so for the CDT, wait for them to comment :-).
This may give some insight though as to where support statements like
that come from.
If you look at the eclipse 2.0 plan.
http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/eclipse_project_plan_2_0_rev0 326.html
Scroll down to the Windowing System part.
You'll see that GTK support for eclipse is defined as "early access".
Since GTK is early access and is not "product quality" then "official
support" of it won't be there for eclipse or for tooling built on
eclipse. (i.e supported platforms/windowing systems get first priority
when it comes to defect fixing time etc)
This is not to say it won't work (it may and probably will) or that
problems won't be looked at by the development teams (especially if they
are using it) just that it isn't "supported".
Hope this makes some sense.
Peter
Isaac S. wrote:
> Hi there all,
>
> please, I apologize if this will sound as a retoric question, but I'm really
> seeking a "formal" answer.
>
> Currently, as I saw in the documents, CDT only supports Linux using Motif.
>
> My question is - why only Motif? As I know the eclipse project (and, of
> course, I might be wrong), the SWT is the standard UI layer for the eclipse
> project & tools, and is platform-dependant, so you need to port it in order
> for it to work; but, as far as I've seen (in the regular drops page),
> eclipse is available also for GTK. This implies that SWT was ported to GTK;
> and if CDT uses SWT for UI - and it *should* use SWT for UI, in order to be
> a standard eclipse tool - then CDT shouldn't have any problems running on
> GTK.
>
> Am I missing something here?
>
>
> - Isaac
>
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>
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| Re: SWT [message #23582 is a reply to message #23497] |
Wed, 03 April 2002 21:53 |
| Eclipse User |
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Yep, CDT regards GTK support the same way as WSAD does - we don't "officially
support" it because it is not yet at "product quality". That doesn't mean you
can't use GTK, just that the CDT team currently has no plans to test with it.
Dave
Peter Manahan wrote:
> I can answer for WSAD on Linux which has a similar statement regarding
> support for motif/linux versions. The CDT development team may have a
> different perspective though, so for the CDT, wait for them to comment :-).
>
> This may give some insight though as to where support statements like
> that come from.
>
> If you look at the eclipse 2.0 plan.
> http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/eclipse_project_plan_2_0_rev0 326.html
> Scroll down to the Windowing System part.
> You'll see that GTK support for eclipse is defined as "early access".
>
> Since GTK is early access and is not "product quality" then "official
> support" of it won't be there for eclipse or for tooling built on
> eclipse. (i.e supported platforms/windowing systems get first priority
> when it comes to defect fixing time etc)
>
> This is not to say it won't work (it may and probably will) or that
> problems won't be looked at by the development teams (especially if they
> are using it) just that it isn't "supported".
>
> Hope this makes some sense.
> Peter
> Isaac S. wrote:
> > Hi there all,
> >
> > please, I apologize if this will sound as a retoric question, but I'm really
> > seeking a "formal" answer.
> >
> > Currently, as I saw in the documents, CDT only supports Linux using Motif.
> >
> > My question is - why only Motif? As I know the eclipse project (and, of
> > course, I might be wrong), the SWT is the standard UI layer for the eclipse
> > project & tools, and is platform-dependant, so you need to port it in order
> > for it to work; but, as far as I've seen (in the regular drops page),
> > eclipse is available also for GTK. This implies that SWT was ported to GTK;
> > and if CDT uses SWT for UI - and it *should* use SWT for UI, in order to be
> > a standard eclipse tool - then CDT shouldn't have any problems running on
> > GTK.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?
> >
> >
> > - Isaac
> >
> >
> >
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