Re: newbie questions

[Zhang Weiwu]

Riccardo Mottola wrote:
> Hi,
> > > To remove this icon, in System Preferences on "Defaults" select
> > > GSSuppressAppIcon and set this on YES.
> > >     
> >
> > I am not sure how to do this. I have run Preferences.app but I do not
> > see any reference to this option and clicking on Add for either the
> > Domain or Defaults drop-down just pops up a message telling me it is not
> > implemented.
> >   
> SystemPreferences <> Preferences. The first one is directly supplied 
> by GNUstep, the second is from the backbone project.
>
> Riccardo

this is a great source of confusion to have both SystemPreferences and 
Preferences. Let me just name a few other confusions in gnustep world, 
found from google:

During I am trying to look for information about setting up my own 
gnustep based desktop, I found I have to look information and download 
software pieces from here and there. The following are my notes about 
the information / projects I collected. I hope these information is 
helpful for the OP too.


GNUStep http://www.gnustep.org/

   Should be the "main" site that hosts gnustep the project and its
   projects. This seems to be the only site that is active, with new
   packages released and development going on. It also hosts some
   documents that overlaps in purpose but different in content than
   GNUStep Library. This creats confusion for users which document to
   read. The installation guide, for example, is similiar to the build
   guide on GNUStep Library, but much terser.


Étoilé  http://etoileos.com/dev/start/

   A desktop environment project based on gnustep, in development. It
   has a few very charming ideas and ambitous goal. In fact it looks as
   if it is 'the' desktop environment based on gnustep because I didn't
   find any others harf as famous as this one. For your information
   GNUStep is considered by the project themself a "development
   environment" project while leave the task to make desktop
   environment to others.

backbone http://www.nongnu.org/backbone/apps.html

   A project hosted on savannah with the intention creating a "Really
   Good Desktop". That suggests this project is an integration project
   or distribution project, or framework development project, but in
   fact the project produce 3 applications: Preferences.app (which
   confuse with SystemPreferences.app that is maintained by
   GNUStep.org, I'd propose rename SystemPreferences with
   "Administration.app" to save newbies' time getting confused),
   Terminal.app, plus TextEdit.app, a simple text editor with rich text
   format support (the description of the application looks the same as
   Ink, what it has to do with Ink?). This project seems unmainted
   since 2004.
   The Étoilé project looks much more like a "desktop" project than
   backbone. 


GNUStep Library http://gnustep.made-it.com/

   Looks like a document collection website for gnustep and its
   applications (e.g. GNUMail. The site did not describe which project
   it belongs to, suggesting it is a standalone project. Many documents
   on this library is the main source referred from. Not sure who are
   maintaining and who to contact if user wants to contribute or
   correct / ask documents.


GNUStep.it http://www.gnustep.it/

   This site hosts some projects: GWorkspace and SystemPreferences.
   Although it is the first google result for "system preferences
   gnustep", it offer an unmaintained version of SystemPreferences.app
   where gnustep.org has the maintained one. It also have several
   documents that wasn't in the GNUStep Library. The site did not cite
   what project it belongs to or who maintains it. GNUStep.org cite
   this website as "Italian developer site", which is confusing because
   it differres from GNUStep.org not on langauge but on the software
   hosted.


Collaboration world http://www.collaboration-world.com/

   A site that doesn't have introduction nor information who maintains
   it and which project it belongs to. It hosts several projects like
   GNUMail.


GNUstep HelpCenter http://www.roard.com/docs/

   The name gives an impression this is where documents or support goes
   to. In fact it is a "meta website" with links to some documents on
   other sites and no support (support seems to be on this
   gnustep-discussion mailing list). HelpCenter gives impression the
   documents are user-centric, which turns out to be development centric.


GNUStep Icons Project http://freshmeat.net/projects/gnustep-icons/

   The project says it maintains icons of GNUStep project, which is
   clearly defined, except it seems to be unmaintained since 2002 or 2003


GNUStep Application project http://www.nongnu.org/gap/

   Hosts several gnustep projects. Not sure its relationship with
   gnustep project. I guess from the name it completes gnustep project,
   by offerring applications. GNUStep is a "development environment"
   thus it's goal should be offering software for building
   applications, while this site offers applications itself.