Re: Cocoa To GnuStep port questions

[Markus Hitter]

Am Montag den, 11. März 2002, um 13:38, schrieb Saibot:

> - Did any of you already try to use a gcc modified with the 
> apple patches to compile ObjC++ code that can run on 
> windows/linux.

The Apple patched gcc's (2.95.2 an 3.1 experimental) on Darwin / 
OS X are the only compilers supporting ObjC++, AFAIK. You'd have 
to get rid of your C++ interface, e.g. by wrapping C++ into 
plain C, or to port NeXT runtime (the "objc4" module in Darwin) 
to Windows.

Both compilers principally work to compile GNUstep on OS X.


> - Does GnuStep work on windows (I saw some notes about it on 
> the website but couldn't figure out whether it actually works 
> or not, especially since there is an item mentioning "port GUI 
> to windows").

Obviously, before a Cocoa / NeXT fan (e.g. like me) touches the 
keyboard of a Windows box, (s)he prefers to set up and use a 
cross compiling environment and test the stuff on Virtual PC.

In theory, using XFree86 and xgps should work to get GNUstep 
with GUI on Windows running, but I'm neither aware of a success 
story nor of the opposite.

For an experienced Windows programmer, it might be only a matter 
of a few weeks to get a basic native backend on Win running, ...


Markus

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