Re: GNUstep Desktop

[Ondrej Florian]

I agree with you. Services and filters is very powerful concept.

BTW: I didn't expect it to work so well.
It just shows the quality of GNUstep framework!
I find it amazing how well it works considering this is not something 
that many apps really leverage today.

This might be one of the reasons to keep me motivated.
So much talent and hard work went into GNUstep over the years, let's 
finally use it as intended.

Ondrej

On 2023-05-21 11:10:10 +0000 Fred Kiefer <fredkiefer@gmx.de> wrote:

> Wow, looks great and seems like a really impressive work! I admire 
> how you 
> base it on services one of the most undervalued features in GNUstep.
>
> One question though: Would it be possible to merge back the forked 
> applications (Addresses and BatMon) to GAP? If you two need a tie 
> breaker to 
> decide on which version to use, I am willing to volunteer.
>
> Cheers
> Fred
> > Am 21.05.2023 um 02:38 schrieb Ondrej Florian via Info-gnustep 
> > <info-gnustep@gnu.org>:
>
> > Hi everyone,
>
> > I'd like to announce GNUstep Desktop.
> > https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
>
> > I have been working on it for more than a year now and it is finally 
> > complete enough to be my main desktop environment.
> > It is perfect for my Raspberry PI! :-)
>
> > GSDE contains many GNUstep apps and frameworks in one place.
> > Enhanced, fixed, configured and integrated so that everything works 
> > together seamlessly.
>
> > Notable enhancements:
> > - StepTalk               - used for system scripting, fixes and 
> > enhancements to the API
> > - TextEdit                - scriptable + enhancements for attachment 
> > and 
> > link panels
> > - HelpViewer         - uses filters to display man, info and gsdoc 
> > pages
> > - WrapperFactory - greatly enhanced, support for filters and services
> > - Terminal               - a lot of improvements, refactored into 
> > Kit, 
> > scriptable
> > - Preferences        - taken from NEXTSPACE + additional settings 
> > for 
> > timezone, keys, themes
> > - WindowMaker    - make tweaks and fixes to fit with GNUstep
>
> > New applications:
> > - WebBrowser       - Google Chrome with GNUstep UI, scriptable
> > - VimGS                 - Vim with GNUstep UI (using TerminalKit), 
> > scriptable
> > - Player                  - VLC with GNUstep UI, scriptable
> > - DocViewer         - PDF and HTML document viewer, filters for 
> > additional 
> > formats (e.g. markdown), scriptable
> > - ImageViewer      - filter for additional formats, scriptable
> > - RemoteView       - VNCViewer
> > - Librarian             - document indexing - similar to NeXT's 
> > Digital 
> > Librarian
> > - ScreenShot        - screenshot service
>
> > Other apps:
> > Gorm and ProjectCenter, GWorkspace, GNUMail
>
> > Other utilities:
> > Dictionary, Affiche, FTP, TalkSoup, EdenMath, Addresses
> > ForManager, DefaultsManager, Console, HtopGS, OpenUp,
> > Process monitor, Volume and Battery controls.
>
> > ...and more....
>
> > WebPage: https://onflapp.github.io/gs-desktop/index.html
> > github: https://github.com/onflapp/gs-desktop
>
> > ---
>
> > Spending weeks and months deep in GNUstep and all those apps created 
> > with 
> > it,
> > made me really appreciate all the amazing work that went into it.
>
> > I hope that GNUstep Desktop will help to renew the interest in 
> > GNUstep as 
> > desktop.
>
> > Ondrej
>
>
>
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