Re: [Swarm-Support] OSX frameworks

[Bill Northcott]

There is no way that the current Swarm build will work with any Apple 
Objective-C code. 

Swarm is using a different runtime.  So its objects exist in a different 
execution space to Apples objects.  They cannot message each other except 
with some remote messaging system which is not yet implemented.

You should be able to use Frameworks written in C or C++ like AquaTcl/Tk.

Your syntax errors are likely because appropriate environment 
variables/macros are not set up by the GNU headers included by the Swarm 
build system.

It looks to me as if what you are trying to do is too hard at this stage. 
Eventually we would like to get Swarm to work with Apple classes, but we 
are a long way from that now.

Bill Northcott

address@hidden wrote on 16/04/2003 06:14:01 PM:

> I'm trying to use the CoreMIDI framework. When I include the header in
> the c code for the functionality I need to add (I'm creating MIDI ports
> from Observer Swarm), the compiler gives me a thousand syntax errors in
> .../ MIDIServices.h. Presumably it finds it, at least!

> As for the linking, I obviously haven't got that far, but would this
> line go in the APPLIBS line of the Makefile?
> Thanks for all this,
> Jonathan
> 
> On Saturday, April 12, 2003, at 01:40 AM, Bill Northcott wrote:

> > A few extras to Russell's comments:
> > The standard search path is for frameworks is:
> > $HOME/Library/Frameworks:/Library/Frameworks:/System/Library
> > /Frameworks
> >
> > However, it is not quite as simple as linking against the framework. 
In
> > order to have some chance of success, you also need to include the
> > framework's headers at compile time.  This is messy and requires
> > changes
> > to the source code like:
> > #include <tcl.h> becomes #include <Tcl/tcl.h>.
> >
> > I have avoided using frameworks at this point, because the nicest way
> > to
> > cope with this nastiness is to use Project Builder with Jam.
> > Unfortunately Apple's current compiler crashes with the -fgnu-runtime
> > flag.  Which rules out using the PB build system.
> >
> > I am given to understand that Apple have fixed their compiler but seem
> > to
> > be hiding the code.  My assumption is this concealment will end at the
> > June developer conference, when new hardware will be announced.
> >
> > Which frameworks do you want to us?
> >
> > Bill Northcott
> >
> > address@hidden wrote on 11/04/2003 07:46:24 AM:
> >
> >> Can any kind soul tell me the line to add to a swarm makefile to link
> >> to an OS X framework (dynamic libraries, I understand - should work,
> >> huh?)? They're in /System/Library/Frameworks, but my random
> >> permutations don't find them thus far.
> >
> >> Thanks,
> >> Jonathan
> >>
> >> Dr Jonathan Impett
> >> School of Music
> >> University of East Anglia
> >> Norwich NR4 7TJ
> >> UK
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> Dr Jonathan Impett
> School of Music
> University of East Anglia
> Norwich NR4 7TJ
> UK
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