Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Extended Scallable Vector Graphic - savanna

[Sylvain Beucler]

Hi,

Did you manage to compile and run Batik using a free software java
suite?

As far as I am concerned, I couldn't :(

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Sylvain


On Mon, Nov 15, 2004 at 12:42:33PM +0000, Yohann Martineau wrote:
> Thank you for evaluating us (xsvg project),
> 
> We will use GCJ to compile our project and use a free software java suite.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Yohann Martineau
> 
> >From: Sylvain Beucler <address@hidden>
> >To: address@hidden
> >CC: address@hidden
> >Subject: Re: [Savannah-hackers] submission of Extended Scallable Vector 
> >Graphic - savannah.nongnu.org
> >Date: Sun, 14 Nov 2004 21:59:12 +0100
> >
> >Hi,
> >
> >I'm evaluating the project you submitted for approval in Savannah.
> >
> >You must determine whether your project can run on a Free Software
> >Java suite (see http://www.gnu.org/software/java/ for more
> >information).
> >
> >We recommend you to test your project using GCJ and GNU Classpath, and
> >ensure that your Java code runs on this Free Software Java suite.
> >
> >GCJ is the GNU Compiler for Java, part of the GCC (GNU Compiler
> >Collection).  The Classpath project aims to develop a free and
> >portable implementation of the Java API (the classes in the 'java'
> >package).
> >
> >More information is available at http://gcc.gnu.org/ and
> >http://www.gnu.org/software/classpath/,
> >
> >Please provide us with more information about this point.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
> >--
> >Sylvain
> >
> >> Yohann Martineau <address@hidden> described the package as 
> >follows:
> >> License: mbsd
> >> Other License:
> >> Package: Extended Scallable Vector Graphic
> >> System name: xsvg
> >> Type: non-GNU
> >>
> >> Description:
> >> Our project is to add an extension to SVG (scallable vector graphic) 
> >language.
> >> The aim is to provide layout capacities to the SVG language.
> >> We will add an extension to the Batik (Apache) software to display SVG 
> >elements with a good layout. For example, the same way as swing 
> >GridBagLayout would, the elements are displayed with an computed 
> >width/height at a computed place.
> >> This ability is not present in the current SVG version, so we would like 
> >to add this function.
> >> Actually, designers and MMI (Man Machine Interface) workers have 
> >explained us that miss in SVG.
> >>
> >> For the moment, we are at the specification step, so we do not have any 
> >code to show you but we sincerly hope you will accept to open us a project 
> >account.
> >>
> >> Other Software Required:
> >> http://xml.apache.org/batik/
> >>
> >> Other Comments:
> 
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Sylvain