[734] in java-interest
Re: Native Tk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Philip Brown)
Mon Jul 17 20:36:19 1995
To: Kacper.Nowicki@fuw.edu.pl (Kacper Nowicki)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 1995 15:37:43 -0700 (PDT)
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <Pine.SUN.3.91.950717115156.15295F-100000@ccfs1> from "Kacper Nowicki" at Jul 17, 95 12:18:35 pm
From: phil@bolthole.com (Philip Brown)
>
> It could be great if we have Tk native in Java with object interface to
> it. It is designed in terms of objects so interfacing should not be very
> difficult. And I think that Tcl/Tk team at Sun could help on such project.
>
> Any comments ?
Yeah. Keep any "standard" gui interface package in java. Do not under
any circumstances encourage tk as the primary gui package.
If you want a nicer awt, write the parts you need, and submit it
to the hotjava folks for the next release.
( and make it available on your site for your own applets, of course)
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