E4/Meeting Minutes/Status 20091217

Attendees

We were aiming for a self-hosted IDE by end of 2009 but we are a bit behind schedule
Mostly done with crafting the shape of the workbench model
Workbench trim now working
SWT status
- Refactoring to handle CSS pseudo-classes
- Cocoa and Windows 7 shell trim support
- Support for pervasive search bug 69200
Model merge
- Looking at extensibility of merge algorithm to support different RCP app scenarios
Compatibility layer is running the workbench again
Looking at e4 extensions points
- Plug-in developer allowed to modify base e4 model
- Merge e4 model changes made by all plug-ins
- There was some discussion on how to do this, and how much control to give to plug-in developers during the call. There will be a follow-on meeting to discuss this in more detail
Kai working on contacts demo
- Added more use of data binding
- Xtext based editor for authoring styling
e4 XWT designer
- Created a project in prototyping stage
- Main issue is how to start the e4 application in the same JRE as the designer
- Yves to write some wiki doc on how to get started

EclipseCon
- So far e4 talks are very technical
- Can we have a talk that is more entry level to demonstrate how easy e4 is to work with

Need to tag the examples so they continue to run in the future
- If you grab e4 1.0 M2 and try the examples from the PSF they don't compile: bug 298011
- Working on embedded browser for examples bug 295605
- Explored related *.psf enhancement bug 162608

Tom working on e4 presentation in Zurich
Susan working on integration of error log view
Working with UI visual designer
- Looking at ways to reduce clutter (See bug 297985 for details)
- First iterations (focus on content not containers) were a bit too mellow/unexciting
- New iteration will add more styling to containers to help draw attention from clutter