James Turner wrote : > > On 22 Apr 2006, at 00:14, Curtis L. Olson wrote: > >> Arthur emailed me that he would try to get a v0.9.10 build out the >> door, but I don't have any current status or ETA. I think the lesson >> here is that we really could use a more active and larger Mac >> developer contribution to the FlightGear project. I'm not sure why >> there hasn't been very many Mac developers latching on to our >> project? Maybe there just aren't that many mac developers out there >> relative to other platforms? >> > > It certainly feels like that - saying 'I use a Mac' around any > open-source project is a sure-fire way to increase one's workload. > There are a couple of FG specific things that affect the Mac - one, > the performance is only just about adequate on a three-year-old Mac > (whereas the equivalent windows or linux box runs FG fine, I'm pretty > sure), and the lack of a proper, integrated GUI hurts Mac take up even > more (Mac users regard command lines as an affront to their dignity) > > This, of course, is why I'm doing the work to get the XML GUI working > at startup. I also have some patches to make FG search in more > traditional locations for add-on scenery and user preferences > ($HOME/Library/Application Support/FlightGear); I just keep forgetting > to to clean them up and submit them.
What about trying to port fgrun ? AFAICT fltk is mac friendly. -Fred -- Frédéric Bouvier http://frfoto.free.fr Photo gallery - album photo http://www.fotolia.fr/p/2278 Other photo gallery http://fgsd.sourceforge.net/ FlightGear Scenery Designer ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid0709&bid&3057&dat1642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
