[GNUnet-developers] Re: [Help-gnunet] OS X gui

[Christian Grothoff]

Hi!

First, I should mention that there is already an effort to write a COCOA 
frontend (https://ng.gnunet.org/svn/gnunet-cocoa/).  It has never been 
released (AFAIK), and I do not know how far along the code is.  My impression 
is that help would be rather welcome (and I do not recall if the original 
vision was to do an installer or a file-sharing GUI or both).

Second, yes, there is an API.  Now, there is the "old" 0.8.x API 
(src/include/gnunet_ecrs_lib.h and gnunet_fsui_lib.h mostly), and there will 
be a new API for 0.9.x (svn/gnunet/src/include/gnunet_fs_service.h).  Both 
have some stuff in common, but the 0.9.x-API should be both more powerful and 
easier to use. OTOH, 0.9.x is only partially implemented, so it would not be 
as straightforward to test your code right now.

Finally, I think the mailinglist for development issues is gnunet-
address@hidden; help-gnunet is more for user-issues.  I've cc'ed Heikki 
Lindholm, the author of gnunet-cocoa.

Best,

Christian

On Wednesday 02 December 2009 06:08:56 am Parnell Springmeyer wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> This was the only list for gnunet that seemed appropriate for this topic...
> 
> As I'm rather dissatisfied with the GTK GUI on Mac OS X, I have decided
> to build a Cocoa based GUI for OS X. I am, basically, looking for some
> tips and pointers.
> 
> I realize the Gnunet client is separate from the GUI, so I'm assuming
> the client and its applications can be used through an API? If the
> developers could give some pointers, that would be great.
> 
> I'm starting out by looking at how gnunet-gtk is built and going from
> there. I'm also a noob to Mac OS X desktop application building
> (although I've worked on iPhone apps, so it isn't alien), so it's also a
> bit of a learning project for me.
>