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Apple's UI is based on Display PDF since macOS 10 (Mac OS X, using the old branding), this is the royalty-free replacement for Display PostScript of OPENSTEP an
by mepian 3y ago
Apple's UI is based on Display PDF since macOS 10 (Mac OS X, using the old branding), this is the royalty-free replacement for Display PostScript of OPENSTEP and NeXTSTEP which became the foundation for post-9 macOS after Apple absorbed NeXT.
@DonHopkins is the most knowledgeable person on this topic here since he worked on another PostScript-based graphics system NeWS for the competitor Sun Microsystems.
- runlaszlorun 3y agoNeWS is an interesting animal. I loved going through the original PDF manuals for it.
- jacquesm 3y agoI have pinged Don (though there is a fair chance he's already sleeping).
- DonHopkins 3y agoAt 1:30 am on a Monday morning? No way!
- jacquesm 3y agoHehe. Ok :) Good morning, Don.