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gnustep-back-0.32.0p1

GNUstep gui backend

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Description

This is the back-end component for the GNUstep GUI Library. The implementation of the GNUstep GUI Library is designed in two parts. The first part is the front-end component which is independent of platform and display system. This front-end is combined with a back-end component which handles all of the display system dependent such as specific calls to the X Window System. This design allows the GNUstep applications to have the "look and feel" of the underlying display system without any changes to the application, and the library can be easily ported to other display systems. The GNUstep GUI Backend is for platforms using the X-Window System or Window's Systems. It works via a DPS emulation engine to emulate the DPS functions required by the front-end system. Available flavors: cairo - use cairo as graphics backend (experimental) libart - use libart as graphics backend xlib - use xlib as graphics backend (default)

Package information

Ports path
x11/gnustep/back
Package architecture
amd64
Maintainer
Sebastian Reitenbach <sebastia@openbsd.org>
Categories
devel, x11/gnustep
Available flavors
None listed
Only for architectures
aarch64, amd64, arm, i386, powerpc, powerpc64, riscv64, sparc64

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