Gnustep-back
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)
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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 |
Software prerequisites
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