Re: [e4-dev] how to contribute to toolkit model ?

[yves.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx]

> Axel Rauschmayer wrote:
>> We should have a table comparing the differences between the two
>> approaches.
>
>  > Factors are:
>
> I'm not sure we've ever agreed on which factors/features are important?
>
>> Will the XML even stick around after having instantiated the GUI?
>
> You mean if the representation is "live", so you can change the GUI by
> changing the representation, like you can with HTML+DOM+Javascript? I
> thought that was a requirement?

SWT has already done this work.

>
>> XML or not can evoke a lot of emotions, which is why I like the DSL
>> analogy (I can't judge how well it fits, though).
>
> The difference between XML and EMF DOMs have practical effects, it's not
> just emotions. I've invested a lot of time on XML, and I was not happy
> to abondon it.

So do I until I meet XAML!

>
> The DSL analogy is good, and we should be able to discuss the language
> part (model of UI) separate from the representation part (EMF or XML).
> E.g. although we could perfectly well represent XWT with EMF (since EMF
> can represent XML), we would still have the same abstract language
> (object/constructor/member/parent/... nodes).

This is useful:
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=260289

yves
>
> Hallvard
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