Re: Apple/GNUStep compatibility?

[Steve Núñez]

Thanks for the comments. I suppose that I should have asked, what
isn't in the GUI libs right now? I've been tasked with developing
a GUI intensive application for the financial services domain. We are
free to chose whatever technology we like, as long there is a reasonable
way to run it on multiple platforms. Unix is fine, but Windoze would be a
good selling point in the future. This could take the form of a Java
applet running in a browser, an X -server on the PC or a native
application. 

I've reviewed the FAQ, that has a handful of Q&A's on the subject,
but my knowledge of Apple and IB is from a few projects done on NeXT a
few (quite a few) years back. As I recall it really was a wonderful and
productive environment. Since time to market is an issue, and the fact
that's we've been eyeing MacOS X for a while, makes me think that this
project just might be the thing to start using MacOS X for. What I need
is a reasonable level of confidence that we'll be able to deploy the
application outside of that environment. 

Has anyone written anything on the portability of MacOSX applications to
GNUStep? Are there any examples of a hello world? Is this going to be
possible?

Regards,

        

-
Steve

At 09:32 AM 6/1/01 -0400, David A. Coyle wrote:

Well Steve, I can't speak for more complicated things, but just yesterday I plopped the sources from the Gomoku demo app into the new ProjectBuilder on OS X.  All I had to change were some macros (for localized strings, and retain/release) and it compiled and ran fine, not one "real" code change required.

So, the answer is that the GNUStep APIs are highly compliant, and the new PB on OS X allows you to adopt any project structure you like.

My next task is to try to develop a "legacy" project type that will build GNUStep projects "out of the box" on OS X, if you have the GS makefiles properly installed. (don't hold your breath on this, because I have a lot on my plate right now, and this is just  a diversion for me.  In other words, you should feel free to do same if you are so inclined/equipped).

-d-

On Friday, June 1, 2001, at 03:50 , Steve Núñez wrote:

Hi All,

I've been working with the launchpad release and think that it's fairly stable for back end work. What I need to determine next is the state of the front end libraries and their compatibility with Apple. I need a good front end development environment, with the idea that the work will be portable to other Unix's, and ideally M$ Windoze as well.

Does anyone have any ideas about if this is possible, or will be in the near future? Will an application developed in Apple's IB be portable to GNUStep? Is a GNUStep app portable to MS Windows? Any other suggestions on rapidly developing applications that will run on at least Unix and MS Windows?

Regards,
        - Steve


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