Re: pspp 0.10.2 mac os app bundle

[Friedrich Beckmann]

Hi Ben,

thanks for adding the link. I think this description is fine.

Friedrich

> Am 15.10.2016 um 00:38 schrieb Ben Pfaff <address@hidden>:
> 
> I added a link.  I tried to make the description of the ways to install
> PSPP on Mac as clear and correct as possible, but I do not have a Mac
> and possibly I misunderstood some of it.  Please read what I wrote and
> send me corrections if you have them (or you could check them directly
> into the CVS for the webpage).
> 
> On Fri, Oct 14, 2016 at 08:03:25AM +0200, Friedrich Beckmann wrote:
>> Hi Ben,
>> 
>> I have made a webpage for downloading a pspp Mac bundle as an alternative to 
>> the
>> installation via macports. 
>> 
>> https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~beckmanf/pspp/ 
>> <https://www.hs-augsburg.de/~beckmanf/pspp/>
>> 
>> Could you add a link to that page on the pspp gnu page? 
>> 
>> https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html 
>> <https://www.gnu.org/software/pspp/get.html>
>> 
>> in the MacOS section?
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Friedrich
>> 
>>> Am 19.09.2016 um 20:08 schrieb Friedrich Beckmann <address@hidden>:
>>> 
>>> Hi Jeremy,
>>> 
>>>> Am 19.09.2016 um 15:57 schrieb Jeremy Lavergne <address@hidden 
>>>> <mailto:address@hidden>>:
>>>> 
>>>> I'd recommend asking PSPP to post a link to the bundles: it'd be better
>>>> to have direct links from PSPP to your project than secondary ones from me.
>>> 
>>> I can make a web page for the bundles.
>>> 
>>>> If we can get your bundles working for all versions of the OS, that'd be
>>>> spectacular and makes my efforts unnecessary :-)
>>> 
>>> Would be nice, but it is not that simple. Technically the OSX bundles are 
>>> based
>>> on the macports version of pspp. So having pspp in macports is a
>>> prerequisite for building the bundle. It would only be a simpler way of 
>>> distribution and installation for those who have problems with macports.
>>> The bundle will also not make pspp reachable via commandline.
>>> 
>>> I also have no plan to have older osx versions in virtual machines to build
>>> and test the bundles for older osx versions. I have a macbook running El 
>>> Capitan.
>>> 
>>> The bundles are build for the Quartz backend of gtk, so they do not use the 
>>> X Server.
>>> There are some differences in rendering. For example
>>> the gtk quartz backend does not show the blue text in the syntax editor.
>>> 
>>> <Bildschirmfoto 2016-09-19 um 19.52.53.jpeg>
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On 09/14/2016 01:48 PM, Friedrich Beckmann wrote:
>>>>> i produced a standard MacOS application
>>>>> bundle for pspp on OSX El Capitan 10.11.6 based on the
>>>>> current macports pspp version 0.10.2. I used this script
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://github.com/fredowski/osxbundler 
>>>>> <https://github.com/fredowski/osxbundler>
>>>>> 
>>>>> to build the bundle. This is based on gtk-mac-bundler. The
>>>>> bundle is based on the quartz backend of gtk3, i.e. no XServer
>>>>> is required. I provide the bundle here:
>>>>> 
>>>>> http://www.hs-augsburg.de/~beckmanf/pspp-0.10.2.dmg
>>>>> 
>>>>> Using the bundle does not require to install macports or the X11 Server.
>>>>> 
>>>>> What do you think about promoting the bundle as alternative to
>>>>> macports install via your pspp osx webpage:
>>>>> 
>>>>> https://lavergne.me/projects/pspp/
>>> 
>>