LazPaint on MacOS

[circular]

Finally, if u want, i can make a build like u wish, only changes made ​​in search of the benefit of the compiled macos.

Yeah, the languages files are not all finished yet, so it is preferable to have the ability to use the downloaded languages if there are some. If you don't mind, I would be happy to have new binaries. I can replace them on sourceforge after that.

Thanks for the screenshots.

[esvignolo]

Then for macos perhaps the best (in my humble opinion), is to look initially in user directories (where the download of the updated language is) if not to you to use the directory within the app where compilation is done. This way if he had nothing, uses an incomplete version, but it's better than nothing.
In this case, you can change the code to make it so.

Regards

[circular]

That is what the code already does.

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if UpdatedLanguages.IndexOf(Language)<>-1 then
    POFile:=ActualConfigDirUTF8+LazPaintLanguageFile(Language) //updated file
  else
    POFile:='';
  if (POFile='') or not FileExistsUTF8(POFile) then
    POFile:=LanguagePathUTF8+LazPaintLanguageFile(Language); //default file

[esvignolo]

In Macos what value have LanguagePathUTF8, and ActualConfigDirUTF8?

[circular]

ActualConfigDirUTF8 is where the configuration files are stored. It is OS dependent. You can use Ctrl-Click to get to the definition of functions, and at some point you will get to the implementation of MacOS.

LanguagePathUTF8 is where the languages files are stored initially. I had set it to a relative path '../../Resources' or something like that and now it uses the function you provided to get the path from the root of the package.

[esvignolo]

Hi Circular (again ) if u want a new build, please tell me which of the sources with.
I do it, and upload it again.

Regards

[circular]

Ok. Well, in fact there seem to be a problem with language updates, so I will not use this feature for version 6.2. Languages will be updated with next release. So the current binaries are good enough.

I will tell you when there is the next release. 

[circular]

Hello,

There is a new release candidate 6.3. Can you check if it is working alright on MacOS?

The image browser may work too. You can activate it by changing the directives. In lazpaintmainform.pas there is

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{$IFNDEF DARWIN}
  {$DEFINE USE_IMAGE_BROWSER}
{$ENDIF}So by removing IFNDEF and ENDIF lines, it enables it. Same thing apply to uimagelist.pas.

Regards

[CM630]

I will try on ot Monday or Tuesday.
I rescued a PPC macbook from being thrown again (again), so if no one else is doing it, I could start providing mac builds for this retarded OS.
Well, still I have no idea how to make dmg files, it seems to be explained here.

[kamischi]

Well, still I have no idea how to make dmg files, it seems to be explained here: http://forum.lazarus.freepascal.org/index.php/topic,23956.0.html.

Check my post somewhat down in that post with the commands to build a .dmg disk image. You may have to adjust the size of the initial disk image. I actually use the commands in a Makefile for my comfort. With that "make dmg" is all I need then. If you prefer tools with a GUI, take Disk Utilities from the /Applications/Utilities folder.

[circular]

Hi Paskal, I would really appreciate your help with MacOS. I am kind of frustrated about this because I would like LazPaint to have a chance to be run and be ok there too.

[CM630]

Once I finish LazPaint's translation, I will try *kamischi advice.
I just wonder if builds made on PPC will work on Intel Macs?

[kamischi]

I just wonder if builds made on PPC will work on Intel Macs?

As long as the system contains Rosetta which means including 10.6. My 10.7 machine is down at the moment, but it should be fixed and running in about a month's time. So, one option is to offer two versions, a powerpc version for 10.4-10.6 and an Intel-Version for 10.7 and up.

MiSchi

[kamischi]

Here comes a disk image of LazPaint 6.3. It is build on 10.9. It might also run on 10.7 and 10.8, but this is untested. It may still have a problem with code signing and will bug users, whether to really execute this program.

Link: http://michael-ep3.physik.uni-halle.de/LazPaint6.3.dmg

MiSchi.

[CM630]

I just wonder if builds made on PPC will work on Intel Macs?

As long as the system contains Rosetta which means including 10.6. My 10.7 machine is down at the moment, but it should be fixed and running in about a month's time. So, one option is to offer two versions, a powerpc version for 10.4-10.6 and an Intel-Version for 10.7 and up.

MiSchi

A week ago I thought that macs had two buttons on the touchpads (these things are extremely rare here). So I have no idea what Roseta is , but I am sure that latest MacOs working on PPC is 1.5.8. And I cannot provide a 10.4 version, since practicaly nothing works on MacOs 10.4. I suppose everyone (in case someone still uses a PPC mac) has migrated to 10.5.8.