ANN: GNUstep gui/back 0.9.2

[Adam Fedor]

This is version 0.9.2 of the GNUstep GUI library (`gnustep-gui').

What is the GNUstep GUI Library?
================================

   It is a library of graphical user interface classes written
completely in the Objective-C language; the classes are based upon the
OpenStep specification as release by NeXT Software, Inc.  The library
has been enhanced in a number of ways to take advantage of the GNU
system.  These classes include graphical objects such as buttons, text
fields, popup lists, browser lists, and windows; there are also many
associated classes for handling events, colors, fonts, pasteboards and
images.

   The GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts.  The first part is
the front-end component which is independent of platform and display
system.  This front-end is combined with a back-end component which
handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to
X/Windows.  This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the
"look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to
the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display
systems.

   The GNUstep GUI Library requires the GNU Objective-C compiler, the
GNUstep Base Library, the TIFF Graphics library, and a back-end
component like the GNUstep 'Back' Backend.

Noteworthy changes in version `0.9.2'
=====================================

   * Working NSToolbar implementation

   * New Mac OS X methods in NSView and other classes

   * Fixed some sheet handling problems.

   * Integrated gif, jpg, and png handling in front-end.

   * Added overridable button and frame drawing functions

   * Add some keyed decode/encoding to some classes

   * NSStringDrawing redesigned.

   * Much improved loading of gorm files

Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?
==============================================

   The gstep-gui-0.9.2.tar.gz distribution file has been placed on
`ftp.gnustep.org' in `pub/gnustep/core'.

   Read the INSTALL file or the GNUstep-HOWTO for installation
instructions.

Where do I send bug reports?
============================

   Please log bug reports on the GNUstep project page
<http://savannah.gnu.org/support/?group=gnustep> or send bug reports to
<bug-gnustep@gnu.org>.


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This is version 0.9.2 of the GNUstep GUI Backend (`gnustep-back').

What is the GNUstep GUI Backend?
================================

   It is a back-end component for the GNUstep GUI Library.  The
implementation of the GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts.  The
first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform
and display system.  This front-end is combined with a back-end
component which handles all of the display system dependent such as
specific calls to the X Window System.  This design allows the GNUstep
applications to have the "look and feel" of the underlying display
system without any changes to the application, and the library can be
easily ported to other display systems.

   The GNUstep GUI Backend is for platforms using the X-Window System or
Window's Systems. It works via a DPS emulation engine to emulate the
DPS functions required by the front-end system.

Noteworthy changes in version `0.9.2'
=====================================

   * Art backend added support for grayscale, one-isblack colorspaces.

   * Windows pasteboard interaction handling added.

   * Better focus handling on Windows.

   * Better font and draw handling on Windows.

Where can you get it?  How can you compile it?
==============================================

   The gstep-back-0.9.2.tar.gz distribution file has been placed on
`ftp.gnustep.org' in `pub/gnustep/core'.

Where do I send bug reports?
============================

   Bug reports can be sent to the GNUstep bug list <bug-gnustep@gnu.org>