That is implemented by Darling. On Fri, Sep 26, 2025, 07:24 Andreas Fink <[email protected]> wrote:
> my wishlist would be BBEdit. > > One thing which could catapult GNUStep to heaven is a compatibility layer > to emulate dylibs. Think of a native mac app moved to linux trying to load > macos dylibs and ending up getting feed with gnustep instead. Kind of like > Wine works. > > How difficult this could be I'm not sure but I think it would be worth to > study it. > > > On 26 Sep 2025, at 12:49, Riccardo Mottola <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Ethan C wrote: > >> > >> I've always thought that it would be good to try to port macOS > applications to GNUstep, for a few reasons: > >> > >> * It shows that GNUstep is complete enough to port real applications > >> * It helps show us in which areas we are weak or strong at > >> * It could potentially get us new users, especially for users who > >> are migrating from macOS to GNU/Linux or who use multiple > >> operating systems regularly > >> > > > > Apps are always good, since they are a testbed. Ported apps have the > addition benefit of "showcasing" and "reference testing" plus > interoperability. > > I do use GNUMail also on Mac even if I don't "need" it on the MacOS as > much as on GNUstep. Or play the same game like GShisen. > > > > Or, as a humble comparison, I find it useful to open a drawing done in > Graphos on the mac. Especially because printing and PDF generating works > correctly only there! > > > >> The current wishlist on the wiki does not really have many good ideas > for existing applications to port, so I looked for some high-quality > Objective-C + AppKit applications that might be interesting (see the > wishlist below). I'd like to hear your thoughts. > >> > > > > That wishlist is user contributed, didn't remember it - it doesn't even > contain the "classical" wishes we had for twenty years. It expresses more > the sum of individual user needs, quite interesting in any case. On Mac (or > windows) you want to complement existing commercial apps, distinguishing > somehow. On GNUstep (and generally Linux) we lack them, so there are > primary needs. > > > > There are a couple of "closed source" apps we always wanted to have. The > old Office suite! > > Certain old and news terminals. > > > > Personally I'd loved to have the Stone Design tools. Of OpenStep > heritage they worked really well and I did offset prints with it for years. > I contacted the author but there was no interest. Even if old, they would > be amazing and also a very good "test" - since I assume it is quite > "classic" in coding. He has also other amazing apps, but probably does more > farming nowadays. > > > > Except editors I can think of few open source Mac apps I feel the need > for. > > > > I would think that a GNUstep native version of GIMP and Inkscape (or > equivalent) would help a lot. > > Sure PRICE and Graphos are my children and are nice, but the > from-scratch approach has it limits. > > > > Compatibility with existing formats is important. For GIMP there would > be Seashore you cited, for Inkscape (or other XML vector editor) things are > harder. > > > > > >> So far, I think that iTerm2 would probably be one of the most complex > things to do, but it would probably be quite popular. TextMate was formerly > extremely popular, but is not as popular anymore as the v2 rewrite took > much longer than expected. SubEthaEdit is quite innovative, but was quickly > overtaken in popularity by TextMate. > >> > > > > For Editors, I use nowadays VIM and Emacs everywhere. > > Emacs cano do GNUstep but it is always hit and miss, having it stable > working an dintegrated would be amazing. > > GVim has an "old" and "new" Mac support, either one would be itneresting > for GNUstep and have it native. > > > > > > > > Riccardo > > > > > > > > >
