http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Converted-from-AWT-to-SWING-now-mouse-doesn-t-work-tp3684632p3684636.html
matters. I have also created a FAQ entry about it on our web site:
> Dear Anna,
>
> On Thu, 5 May 2011, Anna Eschene wrote:
>
> > Robert, Currtis,
> ^
> Almost :-)
>
> > ImageJ2x also offers a swing version of ImageJ.
> >
http://www.rawak.de/ij2x/imagej2x.html>
> I was not aware of this project.
>
> > I find a little confusing the use of the
> > names ImageJdev,ImageJX,ImageJ2,ImageJ2X
> > for basically the same software.
>
> It is good that you mention this confusion; only at the latest ImageJ
> conference I got aware of that type of confusion. So let me try to clarify
> things, and hopefully other people with the same question find this answer
> on this mailing list.
>
> They are not basically the same software. ImageJdev is not a software
> but the community/project/website for ImageJ2. ImageJX was a
> proof-of-concept that gave rise to the ImageJ2 project (although ImageJ2
> is a complete rewrite with a backwards-compatibility layer that allows
> you to run old-style ImageJ plugins just like before).
>
> From my point of view, ImageJ2x is a toy project.
>
> But all this does not matter: the only two you need to care about are
> ImageJ and ImageJ2.
>
> There is a quite nice timeline about the development of ImageJ2 (it uses
> all the known best-practices developed in the IT industry), and the first
> ImageJ2 version intended for users is slated for October this year.
>
> > Will those be able to upgrade to ij.jar 2 ?
>
> ImageJ2 will be more fine-grained, and able to talk to many other
> programs, so if you wanted to update manually, you would need to "upgrade"
> quite a few files. I would not recommend it, but if you insist, you
> certainly can do it by hand.
>
> > The same applies for fiji, which in my new user opinion is not "just
> > ImageJ", because you just can't use/compile fiji plugins in ImageJ.
>
> But you can! It is just that to compile the plugins, you sometimes need
> some base libraries or some other plugins (so-called "dependencies"). For
> some plugins, the number of dependencies is quite large.
>
> So again, you can do it by hand if you insist. It just happens to be
> tedious and no fun at all. Personally, I'd prefer tools to automate such
> tedious, stupid and repetitive actions. Which is the whole reason for
> Fiji's existence.
>
> To answer the obvious next question: yes, Fiji will bundle ImageJ2 as soon
> as it reaches the "intended for users" stage.
>
> Feel free to ask away freely if you're still not sure about everything,
> Johannes
>