Author: Daniel Clausen
Date: 06:15:35 06/22/01
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Hi On June 22, 2001 at 08:39:17, Vincent Diepeveen wrote: >On June 22, 2001 at 02:11:37, ERIQ wrote: > >>With the new os on the rise I'm sure there will be a market. wouldn't it be >>great to see chessbase and Rebel ported there. > >OS-X is a port from BSD (incompatible port, so they don't get updated >with it like BDS is). Very few mac users use it as far as i know. OS-X has its roots in NeXTStep/OpenStep, which itself is BSD-ish. Note that OS-X (and NeXTStep/OpenStep) don't have a Unix-kernel, but a Mach microkernel. Around this microkernel there is a BSD-ish Unix-"shell". I also think it's not ready yet for prime time - mainly due to the lack of native applications. (I personally use it since some months but then I'm not the average user) >For sure it's tough to write graphics for BSD, so porting GUIs from >windows you can write in the sand, short before it rains. The X Window System never was part of OS-X/NeXTStep/OpenStep. The latter two were based on DPS (Display Postscript), OS-X is based on Quartz (Apple probably didn't want to pay Adobe for DPS-licences :) OS-X (and its predecessors) has extremely powerful and easy-to-use tools to create GUIs, but (unfortunately) have nothing in common with building GUIs for Windows and/or X-based systems. >If there would be people interested i could easily compile DIEP for os-X, >but only an xboard version (so further working on console). While OS-X (X is spelled Ten) doesn't include the X Window System, there are companies who offer ports of X11R6 for OS-X. (eg Tenon Systems, which is a great port imo) I compiled xboard out of the box. I'd _love_ to buy a version of Diep for OS-X! [be it console-only or with xboard-support] Regards, Sargon
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