FreeLists / openbeos / [openbeos] Re: Interested in Porting Applications

[Waldemar Kornewald <wkornew@xxxxxxx>]

Stephan Assmus wrote:
> > I am a C++ programmer (or developer as the open source world calls us). I 
> > am interested in porting Non-BeOS applications to Haiku (, but I do not 
> > know know where to start. I was wondering I someone whould be willing to 
> > direct me on the right path. I have BeOS experience but only as an user 
> > (BeOS 5 Professional way back when :-D ). Right now i am on Ubuntu Linux 
> > "Dapper Drake" 6.06, but I also program in the Microsoft Visual Studio 
> > Enterpise IDE.
>
> How about picking up the AbiWord port? You don't start from scratch... and 
> it is something very useful. :-)

Alternatives (maybe someone else is interested):
* Gnumeric
* InkScape
* update the LaTeX (teTeX / BeTeX) port
* update the gnuplot port
* update the Octave port
* Vim 7.0 with nice UI and good BeOS integration (like in Windows)
* drivers (gigabit NICs, TV cards, ...)
* file systems (NTFS, NFS, ext2fs/ext3fs, XFS?, ZFS?, ReiserFS?)
* TrueCrypt or some other good multi-platform FS encryption app
* LyX?

Please forgive my egoism (I need a few scientific apps :).

Less interesting, but also useful:
* GTK+
* QT
* WebCore/KHTML? (BHTML class)

But there are also a lot of interesting Haiku-native projects. Your 
imagination is the limit. Wow, I'll go to the marketing team. ;))
*irony*

Bye,
Waldemar