I do not know if we're going too far off-topic now, but we'll hear soon enough one of the nannies complaining.
Considering compilers you have basically two choices. The most important two are: MPW (Apple's tools, free) and Metrowerks Codewarrior (not free.) About porting gaim to MacOS 7.5: this is absolutely not trivial, because it is based on gtk and glib. So porting gaim requires porting glib and gtk too or writing our own glue code. Furthermore, it's written in C which I personally do not like. I think going C++ is a better idea because development is much more structured (or can be :-) ) and there is a framework (like gtk) to help us here: MacApp (Apple's free application framework). I already have MacApp r12 example applications compiling under MPW. MacApp r12 dates from the System 7 era so it seems to fit well. And it has very good documentation, all available in the Apple archives. Also, for example kopete is the KDE equivalent of gaim; it is a multi-protocol (plugin based) chat client written in C++. So the basic design can be taken from kopete. Furthermore, I am willing to develop for this quad-chat program (in fact, I have written some 50% of a msn client in Realbasic but abondoned the project because my RB copy is illegal). But I am not willing to lead development because I do not have much time the coming year. So, is there anybody there to lead development? I will join the club. Greetings to all, Ronald Op ma 20-01-2003, om 03:36 schreef Jeff L.: > Agreed, I have no idea how complicated porting is, but I'm looking. Need to > find a compiler and get the source and start hacking... -- Quadlist is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Enter To Win A | -- Canon PowerShot Digital Cameras start at $299 | Free iBook! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Quadlist info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/quadlist.shtml> The FAQ: <http://macfaq.org/> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/quadlist%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
