Re: Cross-dev with gnustep make and xCode

[Andreas Höschler]

Dear all,

> > > > Is it possible to get along without xCode at all and build 
> > > > everything
> > > > (even applications) with gnustep make on MacOSX 10.5? And if not how
> > >
> > > Yes, why not? You can do everything from the commandline.
> >
> > Where would I find an example project (GNUmakefile,. resources,..) 
> > that builds a complete application for MacOSX?
>
> Ahm - any GNUstep application's GNUmakefile would serve as an example. 
> ;-)
>
> To get a GNUstep application compile on Apple as a native Apple 
> application, you need to:
>
> Get gnustep-make 2.0.5
>
> ./configure
> make
> sudo make install
>
> gnustep-make will be installed into /Library/GNUstep. Whenever you want
> to remove your gnustep-make installation, just remove that directory.
>
> Now go into your application, and type
>
> export GNUSTEP_MAKEFILES=/Library/GNUstep/Makefiles
> make
>
> and that's it.  Is it not working for you ?  What problem are you 
> having ?

Building applications with gnustep make on MacOSX does work for me now. 
They even get an application icon. However, linking files to 
applications does not work yet. I have CustomInfo.plist with

CFBundleIconFile = "ProjectBuilder.icns";
Note = "For MacOSX only. Check ProjectBuilderInfo.plist for GNUstep";
NSTypes = (
...
     {
        NSName = "sproject";
        NSHumanReadableName = "sproject File";
        NSUnixExtensions = ("sproject");
        NSDOSExtensions = ("sproject");
        NSRole = Editor;
        NSIcon = "projfile.tiff";
      },
     {
        NSName = "project";
        NSHumanReadableName = "project File";
        NSUnixExtensions = ("project");
        NSDOSExtensions = ("project");
        NSRole = Editor;
        NSIcon = "projfile.tiff";
      }
    );

and  Info-gnustep.plist with

{
  ApplicationName = "ProjectBuilder";
  ApplicationDescription = "A superb dev tool";
  ApplicationRelease = "1.0";
  Copyright =
    "Copyright (c) 2006 Smartsoft GmbH";
  CopyrightDescription =
    "This program is not intended for a public audience";
  NSIcon = ProjectBuilder;
NSTypes = (
...
     {
        NSName = "sproject";
        NSHumanReadableName = "sproject File";
        NSUnixExtensions = ("sproject");
        NSDOSExtensions = ("sproject");
        NSRole = Editor;
        NSIcon = "projfile.tiff";
      },
     {
        NSName = "project";
        NSHumanReadableName = "project File";
        NSUnixExtensions = ("project");
        NSDOSExtensions = ("project");
        NSRole = Editor;
        NSIcon = "projfile.tiff";
      }
    );
}

and expected files with extensions project and sproject to be displayed 
with projfile.tiff in Finder and that a doubleclick on MyTest.poject or 
MyTest.sproject would lauch ProjectBuilder.app, but that's not the case 
on MacOSX (it works under GNUstep though)!? What am I missing?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

  Andreas