I can at least ask whether this would be possible.

-- Kevin


On 8/31/2018 11:51 AM, Mike Hearn wrote:
Well, I'm not thinking about my needs here - I've already learned the framework. I'm more wondering how people will learn and get the tools for JavaFX development in future. Up until Java 11 you could at least go to a single website, click on fairly obvious links, end up at the Java 8 docs for JavaFX and start learning. Post Java 11 .... where do users go? A wiki page? That seems rather hard to find.

Given the Oracle has graciously open sourced so much of the Oracle JDK for OpenJDK, I wonder if there's any chance of the docs being open sourced too so they can be reformatted, refreshed and put onto a new website by the community? It seems a shame to let them bit-rot.



On Fri, Aug 31, 2018 at 19:21:56, Kevin Rushforth <kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com <mailto:kevin.rushfo...@oracle.com>> wrote:

    Ah, OK. As far as I know, the FX 8 non-API docs aren't going
    anywhere, but as you note they also aren't being updated.

    They are not under an open-source license. You would need to read
    the license to see what the terms of use are and whether that
    would meet your needs.

    -- Kevin


    On 8/31/2018 9:36 AM, Mike Hearn wrote:
    I was actually referring to all the docs that *aren't* JavaDocs,
    like the tutorials, the CSS reference, the getting started
    guides, interop guides etc.

    As far as I know they haven't been updated since Java 8, however
    the API is backwards compatible so they are still useful learning
    materials. I am also not sure if they're open source licensed though.

    It would be a huge pity and a big drag on adoption if the
    community had to effectively produce an all new set of non-API
    docs _from scratch_.



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