Application and Foundation Kits for Windows

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Gabriel Handford - 29 Nov 2004 18:04 GMT

Apple isn't porting the Application or Foundation Kits for windows anytime soon, right? Probably never?

They used to have ports a long time ago, I think. Now there is GNUStep which is the OpenStep spec on X11 but eh, X11 blows.

Anyway, this is part of a broader pipe dream to compile some of my cocoa app under windows. (i.e. non-gui stuff).

With iTunes for windows I wonder what kind of cross development they are doing.

-gabe

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Tom Harrington - 29 Nov 2004 18:57 GMT

> Apple isn't porting the Application or Foundation Kits for windows anytime
> soon, right? Probably never?

Not available, and not announced as coming.

> They used to have ports a long time ago, I think. Now there is GNUStep which
> is the OpenStep spec on X11 but eh, X11 blows.
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> With iTunes for windows I wonder what kind of cross development they are
> doing.

iTunes doesn't use Foundation or Application kits-- it uses Carbon
(among other things). Try this for a list of frameworks used by iTunes:

otool -L /Applications/iTunes.app/Contents/MacOS/iTunes

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