BeOS Look and Feel README
=========================


1.  General Information.

The BeOS Look and Feel is a pluggable look and feel for
JFC/Swing v1.1 and higher that attempts to mimic the look
and feel of the BeOS Operating System (c) Be, Inc.

This BeOS Look and Feel is not endorsed, supported, or
encouraged by Be, Inc.


2.  License Information.

The BeOS Look and Feel is partially derived from Luca Lutterotta
et.al's MacOS L&F (see link below), which in turn was developed
using Sun's Swing sources.

Luca advises additions and modifications to be released under the
Artistic License (see link below), so we'll stick with it for the
time being.


MacOS Look and Feel:

http://http://www.ing.unitn.it/~luttero/javaonMac/index.html

The Artistic License:

http://opensource.org/licenses/artistic-license.html


3.  How do I use it?

This version of the BeOS Look and Feel is compatible with
versions 1.1 and higher of the JFC/Swing lightweight component
library.

Include beos.jar in your classpath and use the following code
to set the BeOS Look and Feel as the current L&F:

	try {
		UIManager.setLookAndFeel(new com.be.swing.plaf.beos.BeOSLookAndFeel());

	} catch (Exception e) {
	
		// handle accordingly
	}


4.  Version Information.

v0.1 (cvs revision 1.2)

BeOS UI components for:  Label, TextField, TextArea, PasswordField,
Button, RadioButton, CheckBox, ProgressBar, Slider.


5.  TO-DO list:

 - disabled Slider needs work.
 - create a normal makefile .. I apologize, I'm lazy .. I use Metrowerks.  ;)
 - define Font resources that work well with BeKaffe
 - implement the rest of the UI delegate classes
 
