Andreas, Fred is the expert, but I thought I would chime in since some of the work on the text system (in 2009) was done by me.
There is no way to really know if a port will work out of the box unless you try it. GC On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 11:25 AM, Andreas Höschler <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi all, > > [I've already posted a similar message two years ago but in the meantime I > saw that various useful part of Gnustep (like Renaissance) are being > developed more, so I hope in more luck and feedback this time.] > > TeXmacs (www.texmacs.org) is a scientific editing platform with > high-quality typesetting capabilities. Principal features are: structured > wysiwyg editing, interface with many scientific/graphical softwares (like > Maxima, Octave, R, gnuplot, Python), guile scripting. The codebase is a mix > of C++ and scheme (Guile). TeXmacs *does not* depends on TeX in any way. > > * The Cocoa/NS backend directory is trunk/src/src/Plugins/Cocoa > * The Qt backend is in trunk/src/src/Plugins/Qt > > I think it would be a very strong addition to the set of GNUstep > applications. > > > I was in urgent need of a scientific wordprocessing solution 20 years ago. > Since nothing existed on the market that came even close to my demands I > decided to develop one on my own. After a few hacking attempts on OS/2 Warp > I discovered OPENSTEP and restarted the project Objective-C based. Apples > NeXTstep acquisition was good news to me since this meant that I would have > a deployment platform if I ever finished the project. :-) > > I am happy to announce that I finally made it (after 20 years). The > GNUstep/Cocoa based scientific wordprocessing solution can be checked out > here > > http://www.advanced-science.com > > if anyone is interested. Please see the documentation links (especially > http://www.advanced-science.com/ProductsCassiopeiaSymbolicAlgebra.html) > to get an idea of the app. I for sure would have loved to see this 20 years > ago while studying physics. May be this is of value to anyone (the next > generation of physicists). It is definitely for me since I can continue my > studies now. :-) > > The app is currently available for Cocoa only since I doubt that the > GNUstep text system is compatible enough for a port to succeed though I > haven't checked that for years (so I might be mistaken). Fred?? However, > the text system would be the only issue. Everything else (GUI, database > backend,...) runs fine on any GNUstep platform (we actually use Solaris). > So if there is enough interest and with some help by GNUstep core > developers (-> text system) it might be very feasible to bring this thing > to GNUstep in the forthcoming future. > > Sorry, I didn't meant to hijack the thread! I just couldn't resist to > respond to a TeX/NeXTSTEP subject. > > Thanks a lot to all that have spent and continue to spend time into the > core frameworks of GNUstep. We (humanity) need this platform more than > ever. I really encourage everyone considering to start a larger software > project to seriously consider GNUstep/OPENSTEP/Cocoa as the foundation. You > can build skyscrapers on this platform. > > Sorry for the noise! Over and out ... > > Andreas > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Gnustep-dev mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnustep-dev > > -- Gregory Casamento Open Logic Corporation, Principal Consultant yahoo/skype: greg_casamento, aol: gjcasa (240)274-9630 (Cell) http://www.gnustep.org http://heronsperch.blogspot.com
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