Re: Are these improvements(?) on the Swixml queue?

Fred,
Thanks for your feedback. Before considering your suggestions, I would 
like to find out if I understand them correctly.

1.) You don't ant to define a JFrames default closing operation through 
XML or code, you want Swixml have it set for you:
I.e.
	<frame DefaultCloseOperation="JFrame.EXIT_ON_CLOSE"> ..</frame>
would become
	<frame/>

2.) You want the SwingEngine to call the pack method for you to save 
one line in this example:
..
   public JFrame frame;

   private HelloMac() throws Exception {
     SwingEngine  swix= new SwingEngine( this );
     swix.render( "xml/hellomac.xml" );
     frame.pack();
     frame.setVisible( true );
   }


	Wolf Paulus

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On Feb 22, 2004, at 12:18 PM, [email protected] wrote:

> I've only used Swixml on a small program, and the same for Thinlet.  
> However, I'm quite enthusiastic about this approach and Swixml seems 
> to be a good choice.  But ...
> My target audience is college students in their first few Java 
> courses.  Currently I teach Swing GUI programming, and there's much 
> good to be said about GUI programming and what it teaches, but it's a 
> big step for beginners and it often overwhelms the logic of the 
> problem.  The XUL philosophy offers a lower entry cost to GUI 
> programming with it's own benefits in the separation of logic and user 
> interface.  So I'm looking for Swixml features that make small student 
> programs easier.
> Two features that were immediately apparent.
> * The default window closing operation is not EXIT_ON_CLOSE.  This is
> not the default on JFrame tho it probably should have been.  Would
> it be possible for Swixml to use this more desirable default?
> It would remove one small obstacle for the students.
> * Packing.  I was surprised to see window dimensions in every example.
> Students aside, this seemed primitive.  Are there plans to pack
> instead of setSize?
> -- Fred 
>
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