Re: newbies would have a lot of questions with gnustep environment

[Lucas Holt]

On Apr 19, 2009, at 5:25 AM, 张韡武 wrote:

> Hello. I just started to try GNUStep as an ordinary usre and my head  
> is
> suddenly full of questions that doesn't seems to be obviously  
> available on
> the Internet or manual.
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> * I am interested in NoteBook.app but it is not in the Debian  
> repository,
> how can I compile from source? (Makefile or ./configure doesn't  
> exist.)

There is a GNUmakefile in that directory. GNU make knows what to do  
with those.

There are ports on FreeBSD and MidnightBSD.  Both are called "gnustep- 
notebook"

> * remote X11 connection seems slow using GNUStep applications, does  
> it talk
> to X Server more than those made using other widgets (gtk or qt)? If  
> so, is
> video hardware performance a key factor for display of GNUStep  
> applications?

There was an interesting discussion on this topic in the list several  
months back you can find in the archives.  As I recall, it had to do  
with the abstraction of the backends from the frontend and certain  
optimizations that weren't done for the sake of clarity and  
separation. The archives for this list are quite useful when you have  
questions.  It's the first thing I check.  In GNUstep, there are at  
least three backends (that I know of) which can be used depending the  
OS.  Each one has different pros and cons and different hardware  
requirements.  I don't know what the Debian folks use, but I'd guess  
art or cairo.

GNUstep apps are rather fast when run on the local system.  Even using  
VESA or radeon (no DRM/DRI support for this card) in X on BSD shows  
decent results with the art backend.

Lucas Holt
Luke@FoolishGames.com
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