Article: Design Skinnable Java UIs for Media Players Using GTK+ and SLIK For Linux and Windows

Hello,

  Vladimir Silva has written up a story about SLIK
(SimpLIstic SKin interface) - a mini XUL-ish GPL'ed
library for GTK+ - titled "Design skinnable Java UIs
for media players with native performance: Use JNI to
access the SLIK skin interface" for IBM's
developerWorks site.

  Vladimir's SLIK coverage includes:

  * The Java language and C: A dynamic duo
  * SLIK overview
  * Using SLIK and the Java language together
  * SLIK-Java object hierarchy
  * Widget overview
  * A sample skin client in the Java language
  * Loading the skin data file
  * Using widgets: Dialers, sliders, and pop-up menus
  * Conclusion

   In the SLIK overview section Vladimir writes:

   SLIK is a C API for building advanced user
interfaces based on WinAmp-style skins. Examples of
such interfaces include audio and video players like
the popular XMMS (X-Multimedia System) and the XINE
CD/DVD players for UNIX-like systems. 
    

   Now if you wonder what a SLIK XUL-ish skin looks
like here's a sample snippet from the skindata
document residing in the slik_jni/myskins/CelomaChrome
folder in the example pack:

[button_Close]
x = 183
y = 54
	
image = MainButton.png
prelight = TRUE

[button_Eject]
	
x = 525
y = 15
	
image = MainEject.png
prelight = TRUE

[text_TitleLabel]
	
x = 265
y = 28
	
length = 39
image = LettersMiddle.png
	
[text_TimeLabel]
	
x = 423
y = 42
	
length = 8
image = LettersDigit.png
	
and so on and so forth


   Full story @
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/library/j-slik
  
   - Gerald

PS: Vladimar's has written up another article about
SLIK titled "Advanced UI design for GNOME: Modified
version of SLIK uses shared objects to implement skins
in GTK/C" online @
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-slik

PPS: Note, that SLIK is part of the GQmpeg project
online @ http://gqmpeg.sourceforge.net


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