Gnustep-back

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GNUstep GUI Backend

https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back
GNUstep drivers for specific graphics systems

This is the back-end component for the GNUstep GUI Library.

GNUstep is a cross-platform, object-oriented set of frameworks for desktop application development. The set of frameworks, based on Cocoa (previously OpenStep), enables developers to rapidly build sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software components.

This GUI uses an abstraction layer to talk to the windowing system. It uses the GNUstep back library to handle all of the windowing-system-specific details. It currently works via a DPS emulation engine to emulate the DPS functions required by the front-end system.

More recently, a back end based on Cairo was implemented. This is a high-performance 2D graphics library supporting vector and composing operations.

Another back-end runs on top of the X Window System and uses only Xlib calls for graphics, but seems deprecated. (There is also a back end supporting the Windows GDI, allowing GNUstep applications to run on Windows)

Download

http://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/gnustep-back-0.29.0.tar.gz

Categories

• Interface:command-line
• Interface:library
• Programming-language:objective-c
• Runs-on:GNU/Linux
• Runs-on:Windows
• Runs-on:BSD
• Use:library
• Works-with:graphics

Licensing

License

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License

LGPLv2.1

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Genium

Verified on

14 April 2020

Notes

https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back/blob/master/COPYING.LIB

• Applies to part: framework (libraries)

License

GPLv3orlater

Verified by

Genium

Verified on

14 April 2020

Notes

https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back/blob/master/COPYING

• Applies to part: tools

Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)	Role
Ivan Vucica	Maintainer

Resources and communication

Audience	Resource type	URI
GNUstep	Download	http://ftp.gnustep.org/pub/gnustep/core/
GitHub	Download	https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back/releases
GitHub	VCS Repository Webview	https://github.com/gnustep/libs-back
Debian	Developer	https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/gnustep-back
Wikidata	General	https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q90530223

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