[GRASS-dev] Mac OS X Xcode project available

[Michael Barton]

William,

I'm trying to work with your new grass xcode project. I think in the end
this will be very useful.

Here is the first hurdle I've hit.

You say to open the file GRASS.xcodeproj in xcode and then talk about what
to build (i.e., the build target is "GRASS ALL" or "GRASS" -- I'm not sure).

However, there is no such xcode file. There is a folder named
GRASS.xcodeproj and a file named GRASS.1.xcodeproj. I tried opening
GRASS.1.xcodeproj in xcode, but it is empty. There are several files with
your name in the GRASS.xcodeproj folder.

Is there something missing or do I misunderstand you?

Michael


On 12/16/06 4:45 PM, "William Kyngesburye" <woklist at kyngchaos.com> wrote:

> Available on my GRASS download page.
> 
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/software/unixport/grass
> 
> Please test it.  Currently works with today's 6.3 CVS snapshot.  I'll
> work on adapting it for 6.2.
> 
> It was quite an adventure, and I thought GRASS was too complex at
> first (mostly just shear volume of targets, not code).  But I got
> config file hint from the OSSIM folks that really helped out, so I
> could split it into sub-projects.  Unfortunately, there is no
> automation in Xcode for generating projects, just controlling them
> for various build tasks, so it was a bit tedious (130+ raster targets
> and 75 vector targets for the big ones!).  I was able to hack the
> project files a little to speed up the process some.
> 
> There still isn't much I can do to automate conditional targets for
> optional modules, so those must be selected manually and built
> separately.
> 
> I plan on either sub-projects, or separate projects (more likely),
> for a few dependencies that currently have no universal binaries
> available or easy universal builds from source.  Gpsbabel, ffmpeg,
> and an X11 TclTk are a few.  MySQL is a possibility - there are
> official binaries for PPC and Intel, but they are separate and don't
> include the server library needed for the mesql driver.
> 
> 
> Cut-n-paste from my web blurb:
> 
> The Xcode project is an alternative method for building GRASS and the
> GRASS.app wrapper from source. Build GRASS and the Mac OS X
> application all at once, no need for configure-make-install in the
> Terminal. It easily builds a Universal binary for PPC and Intel Macs.
> And with the right configuration, it can build a Panther-compatible
> application.
> 
> 
> 
> The app startup wrapper does not use Python, like previous startups,
> since that was causing trouble. Instead, a simple AppleScript starts
> GRASS. This also has a smaller binary overhead ( <100KB, vs. the many
> MBs of the Python startup).
> 
> 
> 
> Configuration for dependencies is done with a xcconfig text file.
> There are options for using unix-style libraries or my frameworks.
> There are also options for automatically bundling some libraries in
> the application package, for a more portable GRASS.app.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -----
> William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos at kyngchaos.com>
> http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> 
> First Pogril: Why is life like sticking your head in a bucket filled
> with hyena offal?
> Second Pogril: I don't know.  Why IS life like sticking your head in
> a bucket filled with hyena offal?
> First Pogril: I don't know either.  Wretched, isn't it?
> 
> -HitchHiker's Guide to the Galaxy
> 
> 
> 

__________________________________________
Michael Barton, Professor of Anthropology
School of Human Evolution & Social Change
Center for Social Dynamics & Complexity
Arizona State University

phone: 480-965-6213
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