If you get the Windows installer ( http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Windows.html) will take care of installing the theme for you.
For GTK+, there is a GNOME theme... check Greg's blog: http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-build-gnome-theme.html On Fri, Jul 15, 2011 at 10:37 AM, aditya siram <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 >
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