Differences between Gnu-step and Cocoa

2007-12-09 Thread Tommy Nordgren
I'm considering writing a (GUI) application as open-source on Mac OS X Leopard. I'm wondering if there is any document available that describes the differences between the Cocoa API on Mac OS X, and the Gnu-step API. If possible, I want to write my code so that it is easily portable to

Re: Differences between Gnu-step and Cocoa

2007-12-09 Thread David Chisnall
Hi Tommy, There is a list of current API compatibility somewhere, but I can't find it at the moment. A good few rules of thumb are: - Try to stick to Foundation and AppKit. A few other frameworks, like AddressBook, also work, but are external to the core GNUstep distribution. -

Re: Differences between Gnu-step and Cocoa

2007-12-09 Thread Fred Kiefer
David Chisnall wrote: - Reading nib files on GNUstep is still somewhat hit and miss. Some things work perfectly, some fail weirdly. If you are encountering strange bugs, try redrawing your nibs in gorm. This is the only point, where I have to diverge from Davids great answer. Redoing your

Re: Man-pages

2007-12-09 Thread Dennis Leeuw
Fred Kiefer wrote: Dennis Leeuw wrote: Hi all, I created a set of preliminary man-pages for the GNUstep tools. Comments suggestions and additions highly appreciated. One little thing I noticed is that the set_show_service command does the enable and disable, but is doesn't do the show. Is

Re: Thoughts on font management

2007-12-09 Thread Isaiah Beerbower
On 12/1/07, Isaiah Beerbower [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/30/07, Fred Kiefer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isaiah Beerbower wrote: Hello all, A while back there was some discussion about the way GNUstep handles fonts. The two ways discussed were nfont bundles and fontconfig. I like