Sorry! I got make on my machine from installing xcode(from appple) or cpan(cpan.perl.org) or somewhere along the way! I've use it a all the time,,, cpan (the magic perl installer) sometimes fails, so I have to resort to make.
make syntax is "way out there"... ant is cool and xml! good luck anting! I just avoided it on my home mac os 10 machine... I would have used it on an xmp or java-setup machine.. (I think java is installed completely on this machine... Perhaps I need to add a classpath!),,, Good luck! puppy has to pee!!! http://cigar.dynalias.org/junior/ On 9/30/06, Joel Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the response Jake. You still give me far too much credit > though. I have no idea how to go about using "Makefile". What is it? > I assume its not an OS X application with a simple GUI. Do I use the > Terminal? If so, what do I type? A google search reveals more > baffling command-line discussion that is still "way over there" on > the other side of my knowledge gap. > > My experience with the command line is limited to copy and pasting > from detailed tutorials to get a job done, then I breathe a sigh of > relief and quit Terminal with no idea what I did but happy that it > seemed to work. If "Makefile" can't be explained in this way then I > guess I (and others of my knowledge level) am not going to be able to > keep up to date with jQuery like I really want to. > > I don't know anyone that does web design/development that would > understand how to use Makefile or Ant, so it seems to me that this > may put potential converts off. > > Joel. > > > On 01/10/2006, at 2:30 PM, Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ wrote: > > > I saw ant, and since I hadn't anted on this machine,,, I figured try > > the old fashioned Makefile... it's missing a line @66 to create the > > test/js directory.... out of the box it does all the make features > > except test.... pretty good start! > > > > @66 > > @@mkdir -p ${TEST_DIR}/js > > > > Skip the ant if you are not an ant-head (no offense intended)... I'm > > an old fashioned make-head! > > > > > > On 9/30/06, Joel Birch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Hi folks! > >> > >> I am a graphic designer who has taught myself web development over > >> the last few years. I have been using jQuery for the behaviour layer > >> of a site since maybe March this year and absolutely love it. From a > >> Mac-oriented, drag and drop,user-friendly perspective, jQuery makes > >> javascript like it just "should be". > >> > >> However, I find the Subversion stuff very hard to grasp. Am I right > >> that we actually need to use the command line (gasp!) for much of > >> this? I have given John Resig's help steps my best shot but didn't > >> quite get there. Step 1, install JRE, I went to that address but had > >> no idea which download was for me so instead I assumed that Mac OS X > >> would already have the right version installed. Step 2, I downloaded > >> Ant and found the 'lib' and 'bin' folders and copied them to a folder > >> as instructed at that site. I chose a folder named Ant that I created > >> in my Applications folder. I didn't know what to do after that. The > >> "install instructions" do not help me as they assume that I have a > >> greater understanding of what is going on than I do: > >> > >>> * Add the bin directory to your path. > >> How do I do this? > >> > >>> * Set the ANT_HOME environment variable to the directory where > >>> you installed Ant. On some operating systems the ant wrapper > >>> scripts can guess ANT_HOME (Unix dialects and Windows NT/2000) - > >>> but it is better to not rely on this behavior. > >> I am getting the feeling that I am supposed to know how to do this - > >> probably in the command line? > >> > >>> * Optionally, set the JAVA_HOME environment variable (see the > >>> Advanced section below). This should be set to the directory where > >>> your JDK is installed. > >> Again - I'm lost. > >> > >> I am obviously missing something here - can we not just have some > >> sort of friendly web interface that retrieves the latest version of > >> jQuery and whatever else this "Ant build" gives you? This seems like > >> a high barrier to entry considering the potential demographic that > >> jQuery is aimed at (web designers and developers). > >> > >> The more I think about it the more I realise I am missing something > >> here - especially as no-one else seems bothered by this. I understand > >> what software developers use SVN for but do not understand why the > >> general user of the software is required to set up all these Java/ > >> Apache/Ant/SVN technologies just to retrieve an up-to-date version to > >> use. > >> > >> Thanks for your time and sorry for the long post. > >> > >> Joel. > >> > >> > >> > >> On 17/08/2006, at 7:24 AM, John Resig wrote: > >> > >>> Step 1: > >>> Go to this page and download and install "Java Runtime Environment > >>> (JRE) 5.0": > >>> http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp > >>> > >>> Step 2: > >>> Download and install Apache Ant: > >>> http://ant.apache.org/bindownload.cgi > >>> > >>> Step 3: > >>> Go to the jQuery directory and type 'ant'. You now have a compiled > >>> version of jQuery, the documentation, and the test suite. > >>> > >>> Steps 2 & 3 Change depending if you're using Ant or the Makefile. > >>> Since jQuery now includes the Ant build file, it's much easier to > >>> simply use that (and more cross-platform). For UNIX-type people, > >>> like > >>> myself, I'll just see the Makefile, type Make, and be done with it. > >>> > >>> I recommend that you check out the new, updated, README file in > >>> jQuery > >>> SVN - as it explains this whole process. > >>> > >>> --John > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> jQuery mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://jquery.com/discuss/ > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> jQuery mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://jquery.com/discuss/ > >> > > > > > > -- > > Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ - יעקב ʝǡǩȩ ᎫᎪᏦᎬ > > ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ > > ░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░ > > ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ > > ░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░ > > ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ > > _______________________________________________ > > jQuery mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > > > _______________________________________________ > jQuery mailing list > [email protected] > http://jquery.com/discuss/ > -- Ⓙⓐⓚⓔ - יעקב ʝǡǩȩ ᎫᎪᏦᎬ ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ ░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░ ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ ░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░ ▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒░▒ _______________________________________________ jQuery mailing list [email protected] http://jquery.com/discuss/
