Re: New to GNUStep

[Markus Hitter]

Am 22.12.2004 um 12:28 schrieb Michael Thaler:

> I also plan to install GNUStep. I am using debian unstable and since  
> GNUStep is in Debian unstable, it should not be too hard to install  
> it.

If you fail some way or the other, make sure to try again using current  
cvs sources. While GNUstep is next to complete regarding OpenStep  
compatibility, there still show up some nasty things from time to time  
- they are fixed in cvs, first.

> Now my question is, are there any "easy-to-do" jobs to help with  
> GNUStep and learn more about GNUStep?

In my personal opinion, one of the biggest hurdles for GNUstep becoming  
the world's most famous Open Source project is it's installation  
process. There are a lot of different files trying to explain things,  
there are over a dozen dependencies, there are few step-by-step  
instructions.

Tell us about your experience.


> I know that in principle GNUStep could just use Apples Webkit if gcc  
> would support ObjC++. How far is ObjC++ from being incorporated into  
> gcc?

This is 99% a gcc thing. For definitive answers, you'd have to ask  
there. For a rough estimate: chances are good to see it in gcc-3.4.


> Are there any other interesting things a newbie to GNUStep could to  
> and which?

"port" the CurrencyConverter tutorial  
<http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Cocoa/Conceptual/ 
ObjCTutorial/index.html> to GNUstep? Perhaps not a coding challenge,  
but would help yourself a lot.


Cheers,
Markus

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