Fwd: [cells-devel] Need help getting Mac version of my Algebra software

[Frank Goenninger]

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> Von: Frank Goenninger <frgo at me.com>
> Datum: 18. August 2008 08:52:56 MESZ
> An: Kenny Tilton <kennytilton at optonline.net>
> Kopie: cells-devel <cells-devel at common-lisp.net>
> Betreff: Re: [cells-devel] Need help getting Mac version of my  
> Algebra software
>
> Kenny, all:
>
> Am 16.08.2008 um 01:35 schrieb Kenny Tilton:
>
>> Windows searches first the app directory, then the PATH values,  
>> then /windows/system32. The cool thing is I can just lob all my  
>> DLLs into the app folder and not worry about (a) conflicts or (b)  
>> learning how to use an installer (not that that would be the end of  
>> the world).
>>
>> Does the Mac have a similar search sequence? I heard on the wiki it  
>> was customary for Mac apps to just "install" by copying a directory.
>>
>> GM is a mystery, and their list was silent. One theory was about  
>> COM registration, even tho I am using FFI. Anyway, perhaps on the  
>> Mac if we /can/ just toss dylibs in the app directory it will work  
>> on the Mac where it did not on Windows.
>>
>> Thx again, kt
>
> On the Mac, things are a bit different. I'd first restate the  
> requirements from the above paragraph:
>
> 1. Install all libs in the app's folder in order to have full  
> control over the libs being loaded.
> 2. Get the app to find the libs in that folder.
>
> Mac OS X's idea of an application is really a folder named App.app  
> (notice the suffix "app"). In that ".app" folder we have:
>
> /Contents/               ("/" denoting a directory)
>
> and within the Contents folder the following structure:
>
> /Info.plist
> /MacOS/
> /Library
> /MacOS
> /Resources
>
> While not going into too much detail here (see below how to make a  
> suitable ".app" folder structure) I would advice to package up GM  
> into the /Library folder. This folder holds "foreign" libs. Same for  
> Tcl/Tk.
>
> So, how to build that ".app" folder:
>
> On Mac OS X there's a "Developer" folder right at the root directory  
> of the internal disk if you have selected to install the developer  
> tools (like Xcode etc.).
>
> In folder /Developer/Applications/Utilities there's a tool called  
> "PackageMaker". After having build your source folder tree like
>
> .../StuckOnAlgebra/
>
> as the root dir and then below that
>
> /Library/TclTk8.5
> /Library/GraphicsMagic
> /bin/stuckonalgebra (the "exe")
> /... whatever files else needed for the app
>
> you may use the PackageMaker to build the package via drag-and-drop  
> and customizing the install process.
>
> In PackageMaker you want to select the options such that the install  
> process is installing SoA in /Applications. This ensures that you  
> can rely on the Library path to be "/Applications/StuckOnAlgebra.app/ 
> Library/".
>
> Then, in Cello and in Celtk, you have to adapt the load paths  
> accordingly.
>
> That should do it. You may want to automate that process when  
> building stuff over and over again. It then may be required to use  
> Xcode or a shell script to make this automated. 2 days work to get  
> everything stable...
>
> Complex? No ;-) Just Different.
>
> I could make a first package if you want me to...
>
> Cheers,
>  Frank
>
>
>
>

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