From owner-freebsd-java Sun Mar 15 19:44:59 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA01702 for freebsd-java-outgoing; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:44:59 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from teel.info-noire.com (XP11-1-1-04.interlinx.qc.ca [207.253.79.24]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA01668 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 19:44:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from alex@gel.usherb.ca) Received: from localhost (alex@localhost) by teel.info-noire.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with SMTP id UAA03836 for ; Sun, 15 Mar 1998 20:46:14 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from alex@teel.info-noire.com) Date: Sun, 15 Mar 1998 20:46:14 -0500 (EST) From: Alex Boisvert Reply-To: boia01@gel.usherb.ca To: freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: BISS-AWT 0.94 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-java@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hello everybody - I've just finished compiling BISS-AWT 0.94 on my FreeBSD machine here. Some of you many not know about BISS-AWT so that's why I'm posting... BISS-AWT is a replacement for Sun's AWT package. It provides many enhanced "widgets" and tools for Java developpers and it's *much* faster than Sun's AWT. Among other things, BISS includes JDE, a pure java integrated environment/source editor/widget layout editor. Also, BISS-AWT includes a native layer (peers and such) for Kaffe 0.92 which means that we can now use Kaffe and have a nice GUI. BTW: It's now compatible with the JDK 1.1.x event model. A few pointers (might not have been updated since the latest BISS-AWT release, though...): Home page: http://www.biss-net.com FTP mirrors: http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/Mirrors.cgi Note that you'll have to modify the Makefiles/source a bit to run under FreeBSD. Ask me for details... >From what I've tried, it won't run all of your existing Java apps (emulating Sun's AWT widgets/peers) but if you use BISS-AWT explicitly in your apps, it shines. Regards, Alex Boisvert To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-java" in the body of the message