NeXTstep (GNUstep/Cocoa) port and merging

[Adrian Robert <adrian.b.robert@gmail.com>]

Hello,

One of the possible new "features" for the 23 release is the NeXTstep  
port known as Emacs.app, that runs (usually) on GNUstep as well as Mac  
OS X.  This code, parallel to the X11, W32, and Mac (Carbon) ports  
already in CVS, is currently available in a bzr repository hosted on  
savanah (checkout instructions below).  In addition, it may be  
examined in patch form (though this is out of date by 2 months,  
changes since are limited) at:

http://cortex.med.cornell.edu/~arobert/emacs-app/

(There, xx.patch contains mods to common source, xx.patch_add.tgz  
contains new files)

Stefan Monnier and Dan Nicolaescu have already provided feedback on  
the portions that touch common code, and this has been incorporated or  
listed in nextstep/FOR_MERGE.  But more eyes would be welcome before  
going ahead.

One area it would be nice to have some feedback on is the added file  
"nsmenu_common.c".  This  file of about 1000 lines contains code that  
is more or less duplicated (modulo some divergence) across  
{x,w32,mac}menu.c, and is concerned mainly with mediating between lisp  
and C representations of menus.  I followed xmenu.c when creating the  
common file.  It would be good to change this to "menu_common.c" and  
have the other GUIs use it.  Then only one version needs to be  
maintained, and if the desire comes to reform or refactor the menu  
structures, there would be less work involved.


thanks
-Adrian
(bzr instructions follow..)


See http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/

1) wget 'http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/emacs.tar.gz'

2) cd branches

3) for a read-only version:

   bzr get http://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/emacs/bzr/emacs.app

   Note: bzr command 'get' = 'clone' .= 'checkout'

4) for a read-write version:

   bzr get sftp://arch.sv.gnu.org/archives/emacs/bzr/emacs.app

5) to merge from trunk:

    bzr merge http://bzr.notengoamigos.org/emacs/trunk/