openstep

Problem compiling gnustep-gui-0.16.0 undefined reference to png_sizeof

I'm trying to compile GNUstep on a linux box but gnustep-gui-0.16.0 package is failing. I downloaded GNUstep Startup stable 0.20.1 (http://wwwmain.gnustep.org/resources/downloads.php)and follow instructions about how to compile (./configure && make). I'm getting this error: libgnustep-gui.so: undefined reference to 'png_sizeof' I have ...

How up to date is OpenStep as a development Environment?

Long time ago, the Game Developer magazine published an article about ID Software and their DOOM game. In the article ID states that they used a NeXT Step machine for development with GNU GCC cross compiler. Quoting: By writing in ANSI C on NeXTStep, Id Software is able to develop and test in a true programmer’s environment. Th...

Writing a string to disk in OPENSTEP (YellowBox)

I'm debugging an old OPENSTEP (YellowBox) app, written in Objective-C, running on Windows 2000, built with Project Builder. The only easy way I can find to write a string to disk in Obj-C is [NSString writeToFile], a Cocoa/iOS-era method which doesn't seem to have been written yet in the version of OPENSTEP that I'm compiling against (us...