Re: 2 Questions

[Travis Griggs]

Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf wrote:
> On 26.02.2003 19:01:13 Travis Griggs wrote:

> Gnustep is not monolitic but made out of several parts:
>
> - make: easy to use makefile package, can even used without using ObjC
> - base: non GUI base classes implement OpenStep foundation classes
> - gui: GUI classes implement OpenStep Appkit classes
> - back: the backend for the GUI

Ahh thank you. I could see the layers therein. And it helps to 
understand what the "back" is.
> You want make and base for your projects, but having gui and back on your
> development machine is also not bad since you'll get access to
> ProjectCenter, a graphical IDE.
>
>  >I'm targetting boxes that don't
>  >have monitors. Can I use the non-graphical class library without the
>  >rest (without heinous incantations). I think from the little tutorials
>  >I've done so far, the answer is yes, and that I want to build "tools",
>  >not "Apps".
>
> You are right here.
>
>  >
>  >Any hints/tips/help much appreciated.
>
> documentation is at
> http://developer.apple.com/techpubs/macosx/Cocoa/Reference/Foundation/ObjC_classic/index.html 

Yes, that's very helpful thanks. The problem I find with the Objective-C 
stuff is that there's lots of docs out there, determining which is up to 
date and going forward is difficult.

> (Apple bought NeXT, the inventor of OpenStep, several years ago).
>
>  >
>  >(and thanks to Marcel Weiher for clue-ing me into this list)

Now if I could just figure out what all of those error messages mean. :(

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