Re: GNUstep on MS Windows

[Jeff Teunissen]

Chris Hanson wrote:

[snip]

> I'd say, with respect to GNUstep for Windows:
> 
> (1) Get it working as it is right now (including ease of installation
> -- a double-clickable installer generated as part of the build process
> would rock).
> 
> (2) Add support for NSWindows95InterfaceStyle and
> NSWindowsXPInterfaceStyle to the Windows back-end.  This includes
> features like Windows' awful in-window menu bars and
> tab-to-every-control behavior, as well as interoperability with the
> Windows clipboard, drag-and-drop, the Windows Explorer, the Windows
> registry...
> 
> (3) Try some experiments with AWT-style peering to get true native
> widgets rather than lookalikes.
> 
> I'm moderating my position; I think #2 would be sufficient for many
> developers, as long as it was done well enough.  I think #3 may be
> necessary for some developers, but I certainly don't think GNUstep
> would be useless for commercial developers without it.

Then those developers can use something else. "Native" GUI controls are
simply out of the question for AppKit, and for obvious reasons.

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