Re: Multiple back-end architectures

[Aleksandr Skobelev]

Pablo Di Noto <pdinoto@mac.com> writes:

> Hi all,
>
> A simple question:
>
> Is it possible to compile gnustep-back with support for two graphic
> architectures at the same time?
> Or better: Is it necessary?
>
> My setup is Mandrake 9.1; Latest GNUstep (1.8.0 and 0.9.0) running
> with libart_lgpl2 and --enable-graphics=art;
> and it works flawlessly (after the needed ArtResources install, of
> course). But as I expected, connecting to that machine from a remote X
> display showed empty windows and lots of errors on the display console.
>
> Let's say I want to use an application with art backend for efficiency
> and good-looks locally, but use the traditional x11 backend when
> remote. Is it possible?

Just use --with-name=  option for configure and then set preferred
backend with defaults utility.

$ ./confingure --enable-graphics=xlib --with-name=xlib
...
$ make
...
$ sudo make install
...

$ defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend "libgnustep-xlib"