AW: Re: [Qgis-user] INTERLIS plugin on mac

[Marco Hugentobler]

Hi Stefan

Thanks for looking into this. The changed plugin (v. 0.6.1) is uploaded to the 
repo.

> Since python knows Mac OS X as "Darwin" [1] it will recognize it as a
> windows machine....

Oh, true. I thought it would be something with 'mac' in it. But that would be 
like saying GNU instead of Linux :-)

Regards,
Marco

Am Sonntag, 10. Oktober 2010, um 18.21:25 schrieb Ziegler Stefan:
> Hi Annina
> 
> I think I have a solution. There are two issues:
> 
> 1) "The PATH problem": You can copy the ili2c.jar to one of the
> following directories:
> * /usr/bin
> * /bin
> * /usr/sbin
> * /sbin
> 
> If you are on your own computer this should not be a problem. You don't
> need to do this for the JRE.
> 
> 2) There is a little bug in the interlis plugin. It needs to know
> weather it is a windows machine or not. It uses a python method for this
> and counts the word "win" in the OS name returned by the python method.
> Since python knows Mac OS X as "Darwin" [1] it will recognize it as a
> windows machine.... I cc this email to Marco, the author of the plugin.
> 
> @Marco: Can you replace line 63 of interlisdialog.py with "if(osString
> == "win32" or osString == "cygwin"):" ?
> 
> [1]: http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html
> 
> 
> regards
> Stefan
> 
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> > -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > Von: Annina Hirschi Wyss [mailto:annina.hirschi at gmx.net]
> > Gesendet am: Samstag, 9. Oktober 2010 11:46
> > An: qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
> > Cc: William Kyngesburye
> > Betreff: Re: [Qgis-user] INTERLIS plugin on mac
> > 
> > Thanks for your help, William,
> > 
> > I'm quite discouraged... Hope getting some help from the
> > plugin developer
> > 
> > On Oct 8, 2010, at 9:57 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> > > On Oct 8, 2010, at 2:33 PM, Annina Hirschi Wyss wrote:
> > >> On Oct 8, 2010, at 7:04 PM, William Kyngesburye wrote:
> > >>> On Oct 8, 2010, at 11:32 AM, Annina Hirschi Wyss wrote:
> > >>>> Hi List,
> > >>>> 
> > >>>> I can't get the INTERLIS plugin to work on my OSX
> > 
> > 10.6.4, QGIS 1.5.0 (Framework install from KyngChaos). It
> > says it can't find the JRE, so I set the JAVA_HOME variable
> > and path, but no change...
> > 
> > >>>> Am I missing something, or did someone make similar experiences?
> > >>> 
> > >>> Do you need model support?  From what the dialog says for
> > 
> > loading Interlis data, Java is needed for model support,
> > implying that will still read interlis data without it.
> > 
> > >> Yes I'd like to. but even if i try to load an interlis xml
> > 
> > without a model, it's not selectable in the "choose"-window
> > 
> > > I don't know about this, it sounds like a problem with the
> > 
> > operation of the plugin.
> > 
> > >>> Adding the JRE path to the environment is yet another
> > 
> > case where OS X applications do not get any of the shell
> > environment (ie set in your .bash_profile).  There is a
> > hidden, little documented (if at all) method to get
> > environment into an application, but I don't like to
> > encourage it because it's clunky to use (hidden file, and no
> > GUI unless you install 3rd party software).
> > 
> > >> do you mean the /etc/paths-file? Or is it more complex?
> > > 
> > > That's also just for the shell.
> > > 
> > > If you really, really, really want to use this hidden
> > 
> > environment thing, install the RCEnvironment preference pane.
> > 
> > > -----
> > > William Kyngesburye <kyngchaos*at*kyngchaos*dot*com>
> > > http://www.kyngchaos.com/
> > > 
> > > "We are at war with them. Neither in hatred nor revenge and
> > 
> > with no particular pleasure I shall kill every ___ I can
> > until the war is over. That is my duty."
> > 
> > > "Don't you even hate 'em?"
> > > 
> > > "What good would it do if I did? If all the many millions
> > 
> > of people of the allied nations devoted an entire year
> > exclusively to hating the ____ it wouldn't kill one ___ nor
> > shorten the war one day."
> > 
> > > <Ha, ha> "And it might give 'em all stomach ulcers."
> > > 
> > > - Tarzan, on war
> > 
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