JavaFx gtk3 support

Stephen F Northover steve.x.northover at oracle.com
Wed Jan 15 09:23:47 PST 2014


Hi Ilya,

Sorry, just processed the bug today.  Can we carry on the conversation 
there?

https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264

Steve

On 2014-01-15 5:54 AM, Ilya Buziuk wrote:
> Hello.
> I'm really interested in high level plans about gtk3 support. Assuming that
> starting from Luna build eclipse uses gtk3 libs when available on
> Linux/Unix (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=420182 ) , which
> makes javaFx incompatible, cause it contains hardcoded references to gtk2.
> I do believe that in a long run compatibility with gtk3 is not only useful,
> but vital for eclipse / SWT support. So, I have created an issue -
> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264 . However, I got no feedback
> yet. I'm also take an interest in javaFx WebView (WebKit). It has loads of
> cool features indeed! Debugger API is a killer one. So, I guess it's also
> compiled against gtk2, isn't it?
>
>
> On Wed, Jan 15, 2014 at 1:42 PM, Ilya Buziuk <ibuziuk at exadel.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello.
>> I'm really interested in high level plans about gtk3 support. Assuming
>> that starting from Luna build eclipse uses gtk3 libs when available on
>> Linux/Unix (https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=420182 ) ,
>> which makes javaFx incompatible, cause it contains hardcoded references to
>> gtk2.
>> I do believe that in a long run compatibility with gtk3 is not only
>> useful, but vital for eclipse / SWT support. So, I have created an issue -
>> https://javafx-jira.kenai.com/browse/RT-35264 . However, I got no
>> feedback yet. I'm also take an interest in javaFx WebView (WebKit). It has
>> loads of cool features indeed! Debugger API is a killer one. So, I guess
>> it's also compiled against gtk2, isn't it?
>> --
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Ilya Buziuk
>>



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