The GNUstep core libraries version 0.6.5 is now available. What is GNUstep? ================ GNUstep is a free, object-oriented development environment, consisting of libraries which implement the basic functionality of most common applications, as well as various tools to support the developement and execution of applications. The GNUstep core libraries are a set of general-purpose Objective-C libraries based on the OpenStep standard developed by NeXT (now Apple) Inc. The libraries consist of everything from foundation classes, such as dictionaries and arrays, to GUI interface classes such as windows, sliders, buttons, etc. There is more information as well as descriptions of other parts of GNUstep available at the GNUstep homepage at `http://www.gnustep.org/'. What's new in this release? =========================== The currently released version is `0.6.5'. Noteworthy changes in version `0.6.5' ===================================== Base Library: * Better debugging information. * Timezone information rewritten to work more like GNUstep wants it rather than strict Posix. * Added support for FreeBSD native POSIX threads * Better garbage collection support. * Lots of optimizations and bug fixes. GUI Library: Many of the basic GUI classes have been vastly improved or rewritten, thanks to Nicola Pero and many others. * New Info Panel support * New NSBezierPath * Rewrite of several classes including Cell and Button classes. * Rewrite of NSBrowser, NSSavePanel, menus, text classes, NSTableHeader. * RTF Parser * Implemented image caching. * Implemented editing in Forms, Matricies. * New autolayout classes GSHBox, GSTable, and GSVBox. * Almost all back-end classes have been removed and code incorporated in a DPS-like graphics context structure. * Better keyboard handling. * NSHelpManager, NSComboBox, ProgressIndicator written. In addition a preliminary version of an Interface Builder (Gorm) has been written, thanks to Richard Frith-Macdonald Obtaining GNUstep ================= The gstep-core-0.6.5.tar.gz distribution file has been placed on `ftp.gnu.org' in `gnu/gstep'. It is also available at `ftp.gnustep.org' in `pub/gnustep/core'. However, the is currently a limit on how much can be downloaded from this site, so please try to download files from the main GNU ftp site or alternative GNU sites.
