It is early days to say there is a plan. Right now I'm just tossing out jhs as something I find interesting. jhs might have a future or it might be a dead end.
In general your comments are on the current track. jwdp will most likely continue to work with the 7 series but it is very unlikely that we'll do any more development work with a java based front end. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 5:48 PM, Sherlock, Ric <[email protected]>wrote: > So to clarify am I right in saying that the current plan is: > * current jwd GUI will be maintained and should continue to work on > Windows but won't be improved > > * current jwdp GUI will not be maintained and is likely to be broken by > J7.01 > > * The base install for J7.01 is likely just to have jconsole & jhs JFEs > as well as at least command line interfaces for Package Manager & Project > manager. > > * A GTK GUI replacement for the jwd & jwdp GUIs will be made available via > the Package Manager. > > > From: Eric Iverson > > > > The j.exe front is likely to be with us for quite a while. But it > > probably > > won't get any (or very little development). Nothing we are doing > > invalidates > > the current dll interface which is all that j.exe depends on. But the > > j.jar > > front end has always been a bit of a disappointment and perhaps more > > trouble > > than it was worth. > > > > On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 1:33 PM, Murray Eisenberg > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Subject says status. > > > > > > However, I find very dismaying the prospect that anything like the > > > current front end will disappear, to be replaced by a browser > > interface. > > > > > > The J6 front end is lean -- just a title bar and a menu bar. But, > > > because I use my browser for browsing, it takes up lots of screen > > space > > > with navigation toolbar, search toolbar, bookmarks toolbar, status > > bar, > > > etc. > > > > > > Moreover, with the J6 front end, I have immediate access to the File, > > > Edit, Run, Tools, Studio, etc., menus. At least as implemented so > > far, > > > J701 seems to require > > > > > > But I do understand the reasons for wanting to shift to this new > > > paradigm for the front end: eliminate (most) developer hassling with > > > API for multiple platforms. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
