* Support for GNUstep.conf and relocation of the filesystem is much
improved in this release.
* The WM_QUIT message is now intercepted to allow an application to
terminate cleanly.
* NSMessagePort was implemented on Windows platforms.
* Deprecated support for system-wide GNUsteprc files has been
removed.
* Some support for keeping user defaults in the Windows registry
implemented.
* Window's path handling has changed to use native paths throughout.
* Startup/configuration of the libraries no longer requires
environement variables.
* Character sets are included in the library rather than being read
from data files.
* NSRunLoop and related classes use natvie win32 event handling on
Windows machines.
This version mostly includes minor fixes and updates.
* The definition of NSContainsRect has changed to correspond with the
current Mac OS X/Cocoa def - the sides of the bRect can touch
aRect.
* Add support for systems that support unichar file paths (e.g.
Windows).
* Use a proper one-to-one abbreviation dictionary for NSTimeZone.
* Runtime discovery of the library version is possible.
* NSXMLParser class added. Not completely implemented.
* NSArrays makeObjectsPerformSelector iterates in same order as
MacOSX.
* Designated initializers for NSArray, NSDictionary, NSSet, and
NSString have been changed for MacOSX compatibility.
* GSMime parsing ignores extraneous data
* New log functions GSOnceFlag and GSOnceMLog
* New class NSError
* Multiple new function in GSObjCRuntime
* NSProtocolChecker rewritten
* autogsdoc support added for building frames
* Binary incompatibility: NSUnarchiver, GSIMapTable have new ivars added
Read the NEWS file for a compete list of changes since the last
stable version. The major change is that the header files (both in the
package and when installed) are in different locations. Also, due to
filesystem changes in gnustep-make, several components of gnustep-base
are located in different locations. Generally this should not affect the
compilation or running of applications and tools.
Noteworthy changes in version `1.6.0'
=====================================
* More MinGW support
* New MacOSX compatible methods.
* The Base Additions library compiles on native OSX.
* autogsdoc produces better, cleaner docs.
* Built-in garbage collecting classes.
* Any many many bug fixes and minor improvements.
