On Sat, Feb 5, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Stefan Löffler <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:st.loeffler@gmail.com" target="_blank">st.loeffler@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
Hi,<br>
<br>
as most Mac users of Tw have probably noticed, there haven't been any<br>
updated Mac builds of the 0.3 development series in quite a while. The<br>
reasons for that are manifold, but the main reasons are 1) that there<br>
exist no simple, complete, and working instructions and 2) I have no Mac<br>
myself to provide builds myself.<br>
Since this is a community project, I'm asking all of you (Mac users) for<br>
help with this. Rest assured that you will not be left alone with any<br>
problems that may occur - that's what a community is for, after all.<br>
Essentially, there are three things you need to have for such an<br>
endeavor to be successful: a Mac, time, and persistence.<br>
Programming/Compiling knowledge for the Mac is useful, but not really<br>
required.<br>
<br>
So, if you're willing to help, just reply to this post on the mailing<br>
list and we'll get started.<br>
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-Stefan<br>
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PS: We've done a similar thing for Windows in the past :).<br>
</blockquote></div><br><div>Hey List,</div><div><br></div><div>Sorry I'm late to the party, I was browsing Joseph Wright's blog this morn' and found my way to this thread.</div><div><br></div><div>I've been through this jungle with TeX Works last summer and have some things to offer that may or may not be worthwhile:</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>1. A CMake-based build process for compiling TeX Works on OS X</div><div><br></div><div>When I first tried compiling TeX Works, I found the paths to many things had been hardcoded in TeXworks.pro. So, I slapped together a quick set of CMake files to build the project. CMake is pretty good at locating system libraries and seems to have great support for Qt-based projects since the KDE team switched to using it as their primary build system.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I was working on getting CPack, the package generator included with CMake, to build drag-and-drop installers for OS X when I shelved the project. CPack can generate many formats including NSIS installers for Windows and .deb or .rpm packages for Linux.</div>
<div><br></div><div>So, if "changing the build system" is a route this project is willing to go, at least for OS X, I am willing to blow the dust off of my CMake scripts and get them running again.</div><div><br>
</div><div><br></div><div>2. Experience building the TeXworks dependencies on OS X</div><div><br></div><div>I make regular contributions to the Homebrew package manager:</div><div><br></div><div> <a href="http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew" target="_blank">http://mxcl.github.com/homebrew</a></div>
<div><br></div><div>Which currently contains formula for all the dependencies required to build TeXworks. One caveat with Homebrew is that it is biased towards OS X 10.5.x -- 10.6.x and the i386 and x86_64 architectures. The nice thing about Homebrew is that it is git-based so it is easy to create and distribute a customized version of the package manager that builds things in a given way. I am willing to try setting up a branch that will provide Universal Binary builds of the TeXworks dependencies, I can't promise any support for OS X 10.4.x though as I do not have a machine running 10.4.x to test with.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>3. A machine that can run virtualized instances of OS X</div><div><br></div><div>I have OS X 10.5.8 and 10.6.6 set up to run inside of VirtualBox on my mac. This allows me to rewind those systems to a "virgen" state in a couple of seconds which is very useful for testing. If other developers have come up with steps to produce a working build, I am willing to donate some time making sure the results can be reproduced on a clean system.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><div>I can't do all three of those things at once, but if some of those resources sound interesting let me know and I will be happy to make them available to the community.</div><div><br>
</div><div>-Charlie</div><div><br></div><div>P.S. Thanks a heap for TeXworks! I have many beautifully written papers and reports that owe their existence to it!</div>