Addition to the FreeBSD Handbook

Gürkan Sengün gurkan at linuks.mine.nu
Wed Sep 27 11:15:40 UTC 2006


Hello

Could you possible add the following text with correct docbook formatting to the
FreeBSD Handbook section 5.7 Desktop Environments:

(Note: The binary package doesn't yet exist, but probably should be created 
soonish. The following ports already exists:
http://io.ethz.ch/~tar/freebsd/gnustep/ports.txt (the last five are going
to be processed))

GNUstep

     About GNUstep

	GNUstep is a cross-platform, object-oriented framework for desktop
application development. Based on the OpenStep specification originally
created by NeXT (now Apple), GNUstep enables developers to rapidly build
sophisticated software by employing a large library of reusable software
components. GNUstep is used in production environments at several
organizations.

     Installing GNUstep

	A binary package for GNUstep exists (at the time of writing).
	To install, simply type:
	# pkg_add -r gnustep	
	Alternatively, to build from source, use the ports collection:
	# cd /usr/ports/devel/gnustep
	# make install clean
	Now, tell the X server to launch GNUstep the next time X is
	started. Simply type this:
	% echo "exec wmaker" > ~/.xinitrc
	Now, whenever the X Window System is invoked with startx,
	GNUstep will be the desktop.

     Anti-aliased Fonts with GNUstep

	% defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-art


Yours,
Guerkan



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