new to gnustep/obj-c

[Cameron Matheson]

Hi,

I've known about the GNUStep project for a few years, but wasn't ever 
very interested in it (sorry, it was because it was in obj-c).  I read 
an article on linuxjournal.com (it was /.ed) that changed my perspective 
of obj-c and now i'm vey interested in it.  I want to help out w/ the 
GNUSTep project, so I've started learning more about obj-c (coming from 
a c++ background) by reading that apple objc-c devel book you link to on 
the GNUStep Resources page.  Anway, I've decided that to learn GNUStep 
programming i'm going to write a program that rips cd's and encodes them 
as oggs/mp3s (and then hopefully i will know enough to do real work w/ 
GNUStep).  Anyway, i do have a few questions about where the GNUStep 
project is going:

1. I was kind of hoping their would be an aqua-like interface to gnustep 
, i searched google and saw a old message to this list that said themes 
were being discussed... is that still going on?  I think that more 
people would flock to GNUStep if it was a little bit sexier (no offense 
to all you NEXTStep lovers, i use windowmaker and enjoy it, but the 
default NEXT colors are pretty bland, and some aqua-ish looking stuff 
would be beautiful).

2. in the FAQ it says that apple has submitted patches to make gnu obj-c 
work w/ ojb-c++.  What's the status of those patches right now?  are 
they still in limbo, or have they been accepted/denied?

3.  what about font-aa?  Has this been considered/discussed?  It's not 
really that important to me, but it is nice to have IMHO.

I think that's about it, thanks!
Cameron Matheson