The current release of the cairo backend does not work on Windows. If you want you can install the unstable 0.31.0 release of the Windows installer:
http://www.gnustep.org/experience/Windows.html
which has some patches that get cairo to work on Windows. These patches haven't been integrated into the main gnu step trunk yet.
On Oct 2, 2012, at 4:57 PM, James Carthew <
jcar...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> I've installed gnustep on windows 7 for the first time and I'm getting a rendering bug with the cairo backend where the gnustep-style menus are drawing as black. Menu functionality appears to still work but obviously you cannot read what you are selecting as it is rendering as a black rectangle. Submenus are also drawing as black rectangles. I have not turned on the windows theme.
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