Re: [Gzz] Third, PEG cursors--humppake: Changing mouse cursor

[Tuomas Lukka]

On Fri, May 09, 2003 at 08:28:30PM +0300, Asko Soukka wrote:
> Fri, 9 May 2003, Matti Katila kirjoitti:
> > On Fri, 9 May 2003, Asko Soukka wrote:
> > > AFAIK, comparing strings isn't cheap either.
> > Heh, look at callgl code. We do that all the time and you shouldn't
> > care that much about it :) Still strings are much nicer than constants, 
> > imho.
> 
> Ok, but I still see a difference.
> 
> With CalGL it's clear, which strings are valid, since GL is somehow 
> standardized. With mouse cursors we should select between AWT and Xlib or 
> create our own mouse cursor set. With awt.Cursor it's clear even to 
> possible new developers, what cursors are available.
> 
> Please, convince me that cursors in java.awt.Cursor (with custom cursor) 
> are not enough.

It's not that they're not enough, it's that I fear it will cause AWT to be
initialized, which would be a really bad thing for us.

I'm not sure whether it does; if someone can convince me it doesn't,
no problem.

        Tuomas