Decoding old Nibs: A sad tale of vendor lock-in and abandonment

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I think an introductory paragraph for those unfamiliar with Nibs would help this article.

Agreed. Via Wikipedia, "Nib, the generic name assigned to .nib and .xib files, short for NeXT Interface Builder, the default file format for Apple's Interface Builder." More: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interface_Builder

Agreed. I put in a explanatory sentence and a link to https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/Genera... in there.

If ibtool still allows you to convert your nibs to xibs, then you can try to play around with this:

https://github.com/robiculous/scxib

It converts XIB files to a custom json format for a dead javascript application. You could modify the json to suit your needs and would then have the UI structure you desired at the end of the post.

I think OP had the same idea, but ibtool seems to report, "EOAspectConnector connections are not supported by Interface Builder 3.0."

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