Thanks for your quick response. Is there a tutorial showing how to build a GNUstep application using the GTK or Windows theme? I realize they are not done, but if they work even halfway well I'd be interested in using them.
-deech On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:31 AM, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Deech, > > the trick is that there is no code involved! > > Graphos, for example is perfectly native on Mac, the same is true for Grr > and GShisen. > > The way this is accomplished is that there are > * two different "projects" one for ProjecectCenter (with makefiles) and one > for XCode > * two different interface sets: Gorm files and NIB files (this is not > necessary for apps which do not use interface files but code the interface. > Also you can use NIBs in GNustep but they don't look perfect and native, so > this is the most expensive but most "perfect" approach) > * the code base is about 100% the same. The small differences are handled > with #ifdefs in the applications which need that > > The effect is that when you build on Mac you build with Xcode and have a > true mac app. > > On Linux and Windows, your application will have the default GNUstep theme > (which essentially matches WindowMaker) > > To make the GNUstep application feel at home in Windows or GNOME (or other > environments) you need a Theme. Currently themes for Windows and GNOME are > work in progress. > These themes handle the native bits for all applications and they are not > needed in the application. > > > Riccardo > > On 07/15/11 17:03, aditya siram wrote: >> >> I am interested in GNUStep mainly as cross-platform toolkit that looks >> good on Windows, Linux (Gnome and WindowMaker) and Mac. >> >> In order to find examples of a single code-base using different themes >> I have downloaded the source for a number of cross-platform >> applications: >> GraphOS, Grr, GShisen, Gemas >> >> However it is not apparent to me where to look for the code that deals >> with different platforms. For example how would I build an executable >> for Windows or Gnome using the source? I would appreciate if someone >> could point me to a file in any of these application where is >> different GUI behavior invoked based on platform. >> >> Thanks for all your help. >> >> -deech >> >>> > > _______________________________________________ Discuss-gnustep mailing list [email protected] https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss-gnustep
