Re: $GNUSTEP_DEFAULTS_DIR not set/exported in GNUstep.sh

[Simon Stapleton]

On 30 Jul 2004, at 19:03, Nicola Pero wrote:

> Interesting idea - maybe we could have a library exposing 
> NSUserDefaults
> with a simple C interface.

If it was engineered to look something like the core foundation stuff 
in OSX, it would make real cross-platform buils a lot easier for those 
that are hooking in at a 'C' level.  Otherwise, an easier solution 
would be to refactor out defaults handling to a (compile-time) 
pluggable module that either uses a 'C' interface on non *step 
platforms, or an ObjC module for *step.

Basically, in WindowMaker, you define a 'C' interface to it's internal 
defaults.  Then, at compile time, that interface is either provided by 
the existing code, or by a piece of ObjC that talks to NSUserDefaults 
with a C wrapper.  if you see what I mean.  This would require no 
changes to GNUstep itself, and would allow WM to work happily with 
GNUstep and OSX, but would require changes to WindowMaker (and similar 
for any other app that wants to do defaults the *step way _and_ via 
it's own method.

Simon


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