Re: Need help porting old (very old) NeXT app

[Philippe C.D. Robert]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:39:15 +0000
Damian Steer <D.M.Steer@lse.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I'm considering porting a very old (but historically interesting) NeXT 
> app to GNUStep. I've got the source code but it's pretty baffling (I've 
> only ever used GNUStep and MacOS X). The odd bits are:
> 
> 1) Classes start 'NX' not 'NS'

This is NEXTSTEP code, not OpenStep code, so you have to convert it first to 
OpenStep.

> 2) No project builder files at all - just IB.
> 
> This is from '91. I tried nib2gmodel on Mac OS X 10.1 (they need to 
> clean up that naming ;-) but it reported the nib file as unsupported 
> '2.x'. I'm guessing that IB used to maintain projects, and hoping that 
> s/NX/NS/ will be sufficient to get most of the app working.

Nope, first convert the source base - some of the work can be done using 
scripts (available on OPENSTEP 4.x), some of it has to be done manually.
 
> Any old NeXT types have any tips? Are there any other sources of 
> information for prehistoric NeXT?

I dunno if the NeXTanswers are still online (enterprise.apple.com seems to have 
gone), maybe they are mirrored somewhere? Also have a look at the docu which 
comes with OPENSTEP to learn more about the differences between NS3. x code and 
OpenStep code. 
 
-Phil
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Philippe C.D. Robert
Software Engineer
Silicon Graphics, Inc.