On Sun, 2014-01-05 at 00:58 -0200, Fernando Cassia wrote: > On Sat, Jan 4, 2014 at 3:17 PM, Michael Catanzaro <[email protected]> > wrote: > > We want an IDE built with GTK+. Not only does Netbeans look bad in > > GNOME, it looks bad in every other platform, as well. > > Are you saying that Java apps can't be properly integrated with > Gnome/GTK? really? > > http://java-gnome.sourceforge.net/ << Last updated May 2013. > > I've had no major issues running Netbeans in Fedora. > > FC > That's not what is being said. Netbeans doesn't use the java-gnome bindings, it uses Swing. That's entirely irrelevant to the comments.
This conversation has.. swung.. towards a tangent. I believe what was being discussed was the merits of a GNOME-specific IDE. I initially suggested Eclipse RCP, but it is a rather bulky measure. The GNOME Builder project seems a sufficient start, and true GNOME integration seems to be the aim here. Java is not suited to this task by virtue of being cross-platform. Even with the java-gnome bindings, there isn't native glib/gio access, etc. The primary language of GNOME's foundations (i.e. the library underpinnings) is C. - Ikey --------------------------------------------------------------------- Intel Corporation (UK) Limited Registered No. 1134945 (England) Registered Office: Pipers Way, Swindon SN3 1RJ VAT No: 860 2173 47 This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential material for the sole use of the intended recipient(s). Any review or distribution by others is strictly prohibited. If you are not the intended recipient, please contact the sender and delete all copies. _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list [email protected] https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
