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Re: GNUstep/Windoze [ was RE: I'm confused ]
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Nicola Pero |
Subject: |
Re: GNUstep/Windoze [ was RE: I'm confused ] |
Date: |
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 12:48:23 +0100 (BST) |
> > There's been interest in getting AppKit for Windows working,
> > but no one has actually done it yet.
>
> Forgive me for spouting on a subject I know very little about, but
> I seem to remember that there is a port of XFree86 (the X server)
> to Cygwin + Windoze. Wouldn't attempting to port GNUstep to
> X on windoze rather than to the native APIs lower the bar somewhat?
I know very little about it, but I think that XFree86 on Windows runs
inside a separate window, so you can't really have your gnustep apps there
interact `natively' with the stuff around. But I'm not sure anyway I
suppose yes, it would be much easier.