Re: Removing Java dialog boxes.

[Carnë Draug]

On 15 April 2016 at 22:04, siko1056 <address@hidden> wrote:
> Dear maintainers,
>
> Rik recently observed bug #47700 <https://savannah.gnu.org/bugs/?47700>
> concerning matured and unmaintained Java code for dialog boxes (errordlg,
> helpdlg, inputdlg, listdlg, questdlg, warndlg), that is now starting to
> become a maintenance burden.
>
> All dialog boxes have a pretty good working QT-pendant. So I guess no one
> really became aware of the existence of a second version of Java dialog
> boxes since the GUI release. I assume it to be left as a fallback layer,
> that fortunately did not become necessary. Thus now I think it is time to
> remove this doubled effort instead of fixing dead code.
>
> The only real pro for the Java dialog boxes is, that it is able to print
> some TeX symbols
> https://www.gnu.org/software/octave/doc/v4.0.1/Which-TeX-symbols-are-implemented-in-dialog-functions_003f.html
> which already leads to inconsistencies in the documentation and the usage of
> the QT-pendant.
>
> If there are no objections, I will remove the Java dialog boxes and fix the
> documentation. The Java interface itself will of course remain untouched.
>
> Best,
> Kai

Sounds good to me.

Carnë