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[Mentalunix-developers] Re: Yozilla/GNUStep/VBScript/rants [Yahoo! Clubs: mentalunix]
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From: Mentalspice <clu...@ya...> - 2000-08-03 14:47:59
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GNUStep is an applications framework, just like Openstep. When it is finished, it is supposed to allow programs(that don't use any x86-dependent stuff) to work on all version of linux(with the GNUStep framworks), MacOS X, NeXT(yes, those nice little cubes from the 80's), or and anything with YellowBox(apple will stop selling yellow box runtime liscences in september...it's a shame they canceled all fo their NeXT support). Right now they have a working version of display ghostscript(well, postscript costs $$, and is non-free, but ghostscript is free, so they are using that). The interface builder is decent(but very unstable), and it's a generally good framework. I'm running a CD-Ripper that uses GNUStep. The nice thing about GNUStep is that you write once(using the GNUStep frameworks), and it _should_ compile on all the platforms GNUStep runs on(it semi-works on win32 with cygwin...but who needs windows programs anyway!). You can get lots more information from the GNUStep site( http://www.GNUStep.org ). Also, GNUStep apps just run better when you use windowmaker(you get extra featurers...possibly because windowmaker is the "official" GNUStep window manager) On the installer: I had a crazy idea: why not make it display agnostic? Just write a back-end that featured a simple, easy to use graphics API(draw button, load picture, etc)? Then, the back-end would do the real work! Just have the back-end in Gtk+ mode(or use a back-end module) and you have graphics! If you can't support graphics mode, then have it use ncurses(or its own console GUI toolkit)! It owuld make life much, much easier. And, how about having the installer modules be little XML files that defined the interface, and then ran either javascript-like programs, or just regular programs when an action happened? It's the easiest(IMHO) and best solution to the problem of making a universal installer. And why not add in a feature to upgrade other distros?(it coudl read hte packages.log most of them have, or it could query the rpm database, or even have a list of known programs and locations, and look for them) --------------------------------------------- DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE BY EMAIL! --------------------------------------------- You have chosen to receive messages from "mentalunix" by email. Reply to this message: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix/bbsfrp?action=r&tid=mentalunix&sid=1600006580&mid=284 Unsubscribe from the Club mailing list: http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix/config/change_mb_list Return to "mentalunix": http://clubs.yahoo.com/clubs/mentalunix ---------------------------------------------- Not a member? Remove yourself from this list: http://edit.clubs.yahoo.com/config/unsubscribe_mb_list?.userID=munix_devr&.groupID=mentalunix&.groupType=&.code=IVyJGMuRxG |
