Re: Newer GNUSTEP Install Instructions for PC-BSD 11.0 ?

[David Chisnall]

On 5 Jul 2016, at 13:09, James Pannozzi <jimserac@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Aha !  The voice of experience !
> 
> (caution, next line not a gnustep question)
> How do I get XFCE on there ?  Do I just type in pkg install XFCE ...or is 
> there more to it than that ? (!!)

I think the metapackage is called xfce4 (pkg ins xfce4).  How you start using 
it depends on whether you’re using xdm, gdm, or something else.  That’s more of 
a PC-BSD-specific question, but I think there’s something on their forum about 
how to do it.

David

> 
> Again, thanks.
> 
> J.
> 
> On Tue, Jul 5, 2016 at 4:24 AM, David Chisnall <theraven@sucs.org> wrote:
> On 5 Jul 2016, at 06:22, jimserac@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > OK, that worked and I can compile GNUStep apps now - BUT...the apps don't 
> > have a menu bar on top of them !!  What have I forgotten to install ?
> 
> That’s normal for GNUstep.  The default menu style is NeXT-like.  If you want 
> in-window menu bars, then you should run:
> 
> $ defaults write NSGlobalDomain NSMenuInterfaceStyle NSWindows95InterfaceStyle
> 
> >
> > This is on PC-BSD 11.0 CURRENT, which, I know, is not a release version.
> >
> > I'll check the libraries and try to figure it out.  Right now, for example 
> > the GoMoku program or GPuzzle, the windows are stuck in the upper left 
> > corner of my desktop with no way to move them !  Maybe something I need to 
> > fix in Resources ?
> 
> This sounds like a problem interacting with the window manager.  With most 
> window managers you can hold alt and drag a window if it appears off the 
> screen. I’ve had issues with Lumina (the PC-BSD DE) with a number of apps (in 
> particular, it doesn’t tell apps that it’s using the top bit of the screen 
> for its own launcher, so you end up with the title bar hidden) so I tend to 
> use XFCE on FreeBSD.
> 
> David
> 
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