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\input texinfo @c -*-texinfo-*-
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@c A FAQ for GNUstep Users
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@node Top, GNUstep General Information, (dir), (dir)
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@chapter GNUstep Frequently Asked Questions for Users
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Last updated @today{}
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Please send corrections to @email{gnustep-maintainer@@gnu.org}.
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@menu
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* GNUstep General Information::
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* Troubleshooting::
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@end menu
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@node GNUstep General Information, Troubleshooting, Top, Top
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@section GNUstep General Information
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@menu
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* What is GNUstep?::
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* How can I get GNUstep?::
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* How do you run GNUstep?::
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* Is there a web site?::
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@end menu
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@node What is GNUstep?, How can I get GNUstep?, GNUstep General Information, GNUstep General Information
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@subsection What is GNUstep?
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GNUstep is the Free Software Foundation's effort to implement NeXT
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Software Inc.'s (now Apple Inc.) OpenStep Standard. The project is not
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finished, so some parts are not as polished as they could be.
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@node How can I get GNUstep?, How do you run GNUstep?, What is GNUstep?, GNUstep General Information
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@subsection How can I get GNUstep?
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Get the HOWTO from
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@url{http://www.gnustep.org/resources/documentation/GNUstep-HOWTO}
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Get the latest release from @url{ftp://ftp.gnustep.org}. If you're
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really adventurous, get the latest snapshot by anonymous ftp from
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@url{ftp://ftp.gnustep.org:/pub/daily-snapshots}
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Use anonymous CVS to keep up to date - instructions are in the
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HOWTO.
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@node How do you run GNUstep?, Is there a web site?, How can I get GNUstep?, GNUstep General Information
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@subsection How do you run GNUstep?
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You are presumably under the misapprehension that GNUstep is
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some sort of window manager.
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It isn't.
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GNUstep is a whole load of things - primarily a set of libraries
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for developing software.
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At present, it's those libraries, plus various command-line based
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support tools and service providing daemons. In the future, it
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will be the libraries, plus the support tools, plus various GUI
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development tools, a GUI desktop/workspace application etc.
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At no stage will you ever 'run' GNUstep - you will run applications
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and tools and will make use of it's services (though at some point
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you may well find packages distributed as 'GNUstep' systems in the
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way that you get 'Linux' systems packaged today).
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If you want to see a sample GUI application running you need to build
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GNUstep and look at the example applications in the gstep-examples
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package. Build 'Finger' or 'Ink' and start it with 'openapp Finger.app'
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or 'openapp Ink.app'
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To look best - use WindowMaker (the currently preferred GNUstep
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window manager) as your window manager.
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@node Is there a web site?, , How do you run GNUstep?, GNUstep General Information
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@subsection Is there a web site?
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See @url{http://www.gnustep.org/}.
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@c ****************************************************************
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@node Troubleshooting, , GNUstep General Information, Top
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@section Troubleshooting
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@menu
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* Problems with Alt key::
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@end menu
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@node Problems with Alt key, , Troubleshooting, Troubleshooting
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@subsection Problems with Alt key
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If you are using WindowMaker, it's possible it is grabing this key and
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using it for itself. To check, open Window Maker's WPrefs and go to the
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Mouse Preferences. Then use another value for the "Mouse grab modifier"
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(bottom right). That will allow you to alt-drag things.
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@bye
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\bye
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