Re: Fwd: Python and XUL: Luxor XUL Python Example Suite

Hello Jon Schull,

> I can't get to Hello World, and  
> suspect that I'm not alone.

  I know currently it's quite hard to get started
using Luxor. We have some initiatives underway (e.g.
Eclipse plugin) to make it easier (Although it will
take time.)

  The easiest way to try out a Hello World example
using Luxor is very likely using the Luxilla package.

   You can find Luxilla online @
http://luxilla.sourceforge.net

> > So my questions:
> >
> > a) what am I missing?
> > b) isn't there a way of providing a quickstart
> recipe that suitable  
> > for intelligent but ignorant people like me?  

  You might wonna try out Denis Cardon's calculator
tutorial. See
http://luxor-xul.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/GettingStarted
for details

  Another option is to use alternative XUL motors in
Java that ship in a single jar such as Thinlet or
Swix. See the Xul Alliance site @
http://xul.sourceforge.net for details.

> > I'm a reasonably good python programmer, and don't
> know java. 

  Well, I'm sorry to tell you that currently it will
be quite a challenge to use Luxor without any
knowledge of Java.

> From  
> > what I've read I need not know java to use luxor
> and XUL to use jython  
> > to build UIs and apps with the system.

  Well, you can use Jython instead of Java to try
Luxor. However, I'm not sure if it's possible to use
Jython without any knowledge of Java.


> > I'm also a new migrant from winXP to OS X10.3.

  Well, as long as you use Java 1.4 everything should
work out fine.

> > I did download luxor-1.0-b8 beta  and double
> clicked on  
> > luxor-1.0-b8.jar.jar; the Jar Launcher puts up an
> error message:    
> > "luxor-1.0-b8.jar" couldn't be launched.  Check
> the Console for  
> > possible error messages.

  Well, luxor-1.0-b8 is just a library. You can't run
it byitself. To try out Luxor you also need more
libraries and some examples exercising the Luxor
kernel. You might wonna download the Ramses example
package and see if you can get the example up and
running on your machine.

>> Thanks for any comments or suggestions.

  Hope this helps.

  - Gerald



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