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Re: Native Tk
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kacper Nowicki)
Tue Jul 18 12:46:17 1995
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 1995 10:25:38 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Kacper Nowicki <Kacper.Nowicki@fuw.edu.pl>
To: Philip Brown <phil@bolthole.com>
Cc: java-interest@java.Eng.Sun.COM
In-Reply-To: <199507172237.PAA00631@shell2.best.com>
On Mon, 17 Jul 1995, Philip Brown wrote:
> > It could be great if we have Tk native in Java with object interface to
> > it...
> Yeah. Keep any "standard" gui interface package in java. Do not under
> any circumstances encourage tk as the primary gui package.
I agree. It should not be primary package. But it is usefull and strongly
debugged one.
Have you used Tk ?
I think that writing sth like canvas widget in Tk is really complicated
and we can just use it, not thinking any more how to write it.
> If you want a nicer awt, write the parts you need, and submit it
> to the hotjava folks for the next release.
But Tk is consistent and very powerfull. It is ready to be attached :-)
It will be good for Java if writing GUI might be VERY simple as it is
with Tk.
Kacper
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