Re: GNUstep Desktop

[Ondrej Florian]

Yes, GNUstep Desktop would not be possible without XEmbed! :-)

It allowed me to add a lot of functionality quickly and do some "impossible" 
things.
For example: RemoveView.app uses SDL2 + vnc client library to do the actual 
remove viewing part.
Trying to combine it in one process with GNUstep proved impossible. You've got 
competing event loops, SDL uses a lot of globals, etc. etc. 
With XEmbed - easy. AND you can add basic support for RDP in a day using the 
same approach ;-)

Obviously this makes it all very, very XWindow dependent.
It is not "pure" solution, it is very utilitarian.

But that was the chance I was willing to take and the result is surprising.

Thanks,
Ondrej

On 2023-05-21 03:33:24 +0000 Gregory Casamento <greg.casamento@gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey,  I want to be the first to say that this is pretty cool.  I like the
> use of XEmbed to give apps the look of GNUstep.   This is great work!
> 
> 
> On Sat, May 20, 2023 at 8:39 PM Ondrej Florian <onflapp@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
>> Hi everyone,
> 
>> I'd like to announce GNUstep Desktop.
>> https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
> 
>> I have been working on it for more than a year now and it is finally
>> complete enough to be my main desktop environment.
>> It is perfect for my Raspberry PI! :-)
> 
>> GSDE contains many GNUstep apps and frameworks in one place.
>> Enhanced, fixed, configured and integrated so that everything works
>> together seamlessly.
> 
>> Notable enhancements:
>> - StepTalk               - used for system scripting, fixes and
>> enhancements to the API
>> - TextEdit                - scriptable + enhancements for attachment
>> and link panels
>> - HelpViewer         - uses filters to display man, info and gsdoc
>> pages
>> - WrapperFactory - greatly enhanced, support for filters and services
>> - Terminal               - a lot of improvements, refactored into Kit,
>> scriptable
>> - Preferences        - taken from NEXTSPACE + additional settings for
>> timezone, keys, themes
>> - WindowMaker    - make tweaks and fixes to fit with GNUstep
> 
>> New applications:
>> - WebBrowser       - Google Chrome with GNUstep UI, scriptable
>> - VimGS                 - Vim with GNUstep UI (using TerminalKit),
>> scriptable
>> - Player                  - VLC with GNUstep UI, scriptable
>> - DocViewer         - PDF and HTML document viewer, filters for
>> additional formats (e.g. markdown), scriptable
>> - ImageViewer      - filter for additional formats, scriptable
>> - RemoteView       - VNCViewer
>> - Librarian             - document indexing - similar to NeXT's
>> Digital Librarian
>> - ScreenShot        - screenshot service
> 
>> Other apps:
>> Gorm and ProjectCenter, GWorkspace, GNUMail
> 
>> Other utilities:
>> Dictionary, Affiche, FTP, TalkSoup, EdenMath, Addresses
>> ForManager, DefaultsManager, Console, HtopGS, OpenUp,
>> Process monitor, Volume and Battery controls.
> 
>> ...and more....
> 
>> WebPage: https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
>> github: https://github.com/onflapp/gs-desktop
> 
>> ---
> 
>> Spending weeks and months deep in GNUstep and all those apps created
>> with it,
>> made me really appreciate all the amazing work that went into it.
> 
>> I hope that GNUstep Desktop will help to renew the interest in GNUstep
>> as desktop.
> 
>> Ondrej
> 
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