> > > Besides, I am more a fan of icon list views or OpenStep like multi-column > > > lists, instead of table based lists... > > I like the Finder giving you three views on the same data. For every > > occasion it's own view ;) > > Which doesn't really help if you want to be GNUstep compatible. From what > I know, on compatibility mode you are stuck with things like GNUstep > Workspace.app. > BTW, I believe finder is not written in ObjectiveC, so I am not quite sure > if multi-mode lists are possible in Cocoa / OpenStep at all.
Hmmm... Not sure. I haven't toyed around with ProjectBuilder long enough to know what you can do. > > Why is a prefixed hierarchy (like Fink's /sw) not an option for you? > > What is different in there from installing into /usr/local or /gnu? > > I think prefixed hierarchies make the system unclean. It is one thing if I > decide to install modules into such a hierarchy in order to get > interesting other modules compiled. > It is a whole another thing if I want to let automated tools untidy my > system ;) So, what are your thoughts on using a Framework, like Apple does for Java and Python for instance? > I would think a working ObjectiveC compiler is a prerequisite for > compiling gnustep. > So perhaps gnustep-libs (or a meta package which could be solved by > gnustep-libs-devel or cocoa libs) would be the correct dependency? The gnustep ebuilds check if the compiler was built with the objc USE-flag. This probably fails on OSX, since no compiler is built at all currently. > > > Good question, but something I cannot answer. My Python knowledge is > > > nearly zero. > > > Same here. And I'm not enough attracted to the appearance of the > > language to actually try and learn it. I can understand it, that's all. > > I don't really like the language either, but the possibility to write an > portable application without either having to delve into proprietary XCode > stuff, or into GNUmake build system hell, it becomes rather attractive. > Its all a question of a comfortable tool chain... Ehm... This might sound like blasphemy to some, but what about Java? If cross-platformability is the only concern here, then Java does an outstanding job, and has a very nice integration with the OSX interface. Xcode/ProjectBuilder can even generate some sort of native compile of Jaba code with UI widgets, which would probably allow it to speed up a bit, while not entirely getting OSX only. Window manager would not be an issue any more, and even Gentoo/Cygwin could benefit from it out of the box. In GUI's I'm not an expert, but for the rest of Java, I can handle it fairly well. Ok, no Java/Python/C flames here. Just practical comments please. -- Fabian Groffen Gentoo for Mac OS X Project -- Interim Lead Sun Certified Programmer for the Java 2 Platform 1.4 -- [email protected] mailing list
