Re: gnustep make and linking applications to extensions

[Andreas Höschler]

Hi all,

> does anyone know a gnustep example application that builds under  
> MacOS with gnustep make and that correctly sets up the necessary  
> plist files (or whatever has to be done) to link file extensions to  
> application so that a doubleclick on a document file in Finder  
> automatically lauches the corresponding application?
>
> I have written an app that should act as an editor for *.project  
> files. The linkage works under MacOSX 10.2 and GNUstep but not on  
> Leopard. Any idea?


I have found the following file in the application wrapper

        pico /Applications/InterfaceBuilder.app/Contents/Info.plist

{
  NOTE = "Automatically generated, do not edit!";
  NSExecutable = "InterfaceBuilder";
  NSMainNibFile = "";
  GSMainMarkupFile = "";
  CFBundleIconFile = "InterfaceBuilder.icns";
  NSPrincipalClass = "NSApplication";
}

I modified that as follows

{
  NOTE = "Automatically generated, do not edit!";
  NSExecutable = "InterfaceBuilder";
  NSMainNibFile = "";
  GSMainMarkupFile = "";
  CFBundleIconFile = "InterfaceBuilder.icns";
  NSPrincipalClass = "NSApplication";
  NSRole = "Editor";
  NSTypes = (
    {
      NSUnixExtensions = ( "smib" );
      NSIcon = "nibfile.tiff";
    }
   );
}

and Finder.app immediately had the connection between smib files and  
InterfaceBuilder.app. Great!

However, this file is overwritten and reverted to its original state  
when I do "make install". What file do I have to create in the project  
directory and what do I have to add to GNUmakefile to let gnustep make  
generate Info.plist as indicted above?

Thanks a lot!

Regards,

  Andreas