Hi Bruce,
bruce wrote: > > I’m using FreeBSD, which has pre-built GNUstep packages, and they seem > to work well, but the problem I run into is finding documentation for > the current version. For example, Gorm. I’ve found this tutorial > (https://gnustep.github.io/experience/PierresDevTutorial/index.html#) > but it doesn’t match the current version of Gorm. The fields available > on my screen don’t match the screens in the tutorial. I try to wing > it, but no matter what I select, the menu items for subsequent steps > are grayed out. So the section titled Adding outlets & actions is not > usable Are there any more recent instructions that match the current > version? > That tutorial should match current version, I updated it. There are no significant changes to gorm that should affect the usage the way you describe it, maybe you are missing some detail. > > To be honest, I don’t like gui designers that much, and would prefer > just to write it all from source. To that end, I’ve been using > https://github.com/gammasoft71/Examples_Cocoaas a starting point. > These all work on a Mac I borrowed, but I have some issues getting > them to work on GNUstep. In one case - the ComboBox example, the > screen reacts to the controls so slowly that it’s not really usable. > Again, the documentation I can find is not very helpful. Mostly it > seems the documentation is for older versions of the API. Is there any > current documentation for the GNUstep Cocoa API? > You can do everything by instantiating things by code yourself, if you prefer. GORM is a convenience, it is a little bit more than just a GUI designer, since it is capable of instantiating objects, setting messages receiver and setters (the acronym stants for Graphical/GNUstep object relationship manager). A further alternative would be using renaissance, describing your gui with XML style, if you prefer. Unfortunately, the current backup website lost these documents, I hope to be able to restore the full website soon. Luckily there is a full CVS repository. > > I’m starting to wonder if the project is still alive. I see the main > web page has been republished - github.gnustep.io > <http://github.gnustep.io> - but most of the links I click on in it > are dead. Help! > Sorry, there is some dust, we are changing hosting and it is taking longer than supposed, currently a back-up site is online. Riccardo
