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GNUstep's '''backend''' provides a small set of functions used by the [[AppKit|GUI]] library to interface to the actual window system (X11, etc). It also has a drawing engine which emulates common PostScript functions. | GNUstep's '''backend''' provides a small set of functions used by the [[AppKit|GUI]] library to interface to the actual window system (X11, etc). It also has a drawing engine which emulates common PostScript functions. | ||
| − | The package gnustep-back provides the following backends | + | The package [[back|gnustep-back]] provides the following backends |
| − | * | + | * cairo – default backend using the cairo 2D graphics library. |
| − | * winlib – default backend on windows systems. | + | * winlib – default backend on windows systems. Cairo and Windows API variants. |
| + | * art – old (deprecated) backend on unixlike systems. Uses the vector-based PostScriptlike 2d graphics library libArt. | ||
* xlib – old (deprecated) X11 backend. | * xlib – old (deprecated) X11 backend. | ||
| − | + | ||
| + | You can choose the backend to be used by e.g. | ||
| + | defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo | ||
=== Related Links === | === Related Links === | ||
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GNUstep's backend provides a small set of functions used by the GUI library to interface to the actual window system (X11, etc). It also has a drawing engine which emulates common PostScript functions.
The package gnustep-back provides the following backends
- cairo – default backend using the cairo 2D graphics library.
- winlib – default backend on windows systems. Cairo and Windows API variants.
- art – old (deprecated) backend on unixlike systems. Uses the vector-based PostScriptlike 2d graphics library libArt.
- xlib – old (deprecated) X11 backend.
You can choose the backend to be used by e.g.
defaults write NSGlobalDomain GSBackend libgnustep-cairo