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List:       e-lang
Subject:    Re: [e-lang] Powerbox for SWT?
From:       Thomas Leonard <talex5 () gmail ! com>
Date:       2010-08-14 18:06:42
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On 11 July 2010 13:09, Thomas Leonard <talex5@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6 July 2010 23:19, Marc Stiegler <marcs@skyhunter.com> wrote:
>> Sorry if the conversation has moved beyond what I'm responding to here.
>>
>> We tamed SWT, the taming files are part of the E distribution. I'd
>> swear we also rewrote CapDesk, but not DarpaBrowser, with SWT; I'm not
>> in a position at the moment to double check this, but look for a file
>> with a name like capdesk.e-swt. Thomas is correct that you cannot hand
>> out the currentDisplay, it is a god-power. The SWT taming wraps
>> currentDisplay, i.e., the powerbox uses currentDisplay to create a new
>> Shell, and the Shell is handed to the application. This all assumes my
>> memory is not playing tricks on me :-)
>
> I can't install anything using the SWT version:
>
> prob in install catch: problem: Failed: not synchronously callable (install)
>
> The cause seems to be here in capDesk.e-swt:
>
>    } else {
>        # XXX convert installer and powerbox to swt later

For my proof-of-concept, I've knocked up a quick SWT powerbox and a
couple of example applications:

  http://0install.net/ebox.html

It would be good to have a proper "standard" one, though.


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