Re: Open URL in NSWorkspace

[Gregory John Casamento]

All,

As far as GNUstep having no direction, I'm wondering why people have 
consistently ignored these:

1) http://wiki.gnustep.org/index.php/Roadmap
2) http://heronsperch.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html (the post "Plans for 
Change")

There is a link to the Roadmap on the GNUstep site, here: 
http://www.gnustep.org/developers/

I suppose we could put a large, blinking, red link on the front of the website 
so that it's difficult for people to miss, but even I thought that might be a 
little too much.

Regarding GNUstep and Etoile being separate:

Yes, they are and they will continue to be... read the post "Plans for Change" 
and the one after it "What GNUstep is and is Not."   GNUstep and Etoile are 
working together.  GNUstep must remain separate from any given desktop 
environment.    GNUstep shall not endorse any particular desktop system as 
"blessed."   If you take exception to this, please enumerate the disadvantages 
you see to keeping the API decoupled from the environment.  

Regarding tracking with the Cocoa API:

GNUstep should follow Cocoa as closely as possible, again... read "Plans for 
Change."   We should integrate Cocoa classes and methods wherever possible.

Thanks, GJC
--
Gregory Casamento

----- Original Message ----
From: Fabien VALLON <fabien@sonappart.net>
To: Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@computer.org>
Cc: discuss-gnustep@gnu.org
Sent: Friday, August 3, 2007 9:28:25 AM
Subject: Re: Open URL in NSWorkspace

hi

On Fri, August 3, 2007 2:33 pm, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote:
>
>> Do you have WebKit,
>

>> CoreAudio, CoreImage, CoreFoundation,
>
> No. These are not really part of Cocoa. But there are substitutes.

Where ?

>> WebKit,
>> NSToolbar,
>
> Yes.

I downloaded http://www.quantum-step.com/download/sources/
mySTEP-src-2.3B189.tgz


grep -r "setDisplayMode" *
grep  -r "setSelectedItemIdentifier" *
( nothing )


>> NSPDF* etc ....
>
> I think so.

Can not find it.

>> Can I build it without XCode ?
>
> make?

Mmmm. I think I downloaded the wrong code ? isn't it ?

>
>
>> What is the future of GNUstep ?
>
> Good question... I have not seen an answer myself.

>> Do you think that fred + 5 developpers can reach Cocoa compatibility ?
>
> Yes. Why not? It is not magic, just effort.

Ha ha ok, we will stop this discussion :)


>> And what for ? Simple copy Cocoa ?  Can we port Adium or other big app
>> with only Cocoa without too much work ( the answer is NO ) ?
>
> Yes. If the application really uses Cocoa only. But I see the
> tendency that
> Mac OSS developers start to mix everything. They mix CFRelease(obj)
> and [obj release] etc.

If it is so easy why porting is so hard ? :
some ex: Adium/Pixen/Shiira Web Browser ...

> I agree, that it has no roadmap and no target.

ok. so we are agree :)


Fabien



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