I would prefer to distribute the .app version, but I need someone to verify it for me. Just because it works for me does not mean that I created it properly. Come on Mac users, give it a try! :)
When I use FlightGear, I have no choice but to use the .fgfsrc file. Unfortunately, because OS X is BSD based, all files that start with a dot are hidden by the Finder. I don't know of a good way to create the file and let people know how to edit it (what I did was create a file called FlightGear_Config and then make a symbolic link to it called .fgfsrc). If I create a disk image, I can put a README file in there along with the executable. I *MAY* be able to create a disk image that contains both the FlightGear application and the base package, but it will be close (I notice that the Win32 version is 82+ MB and I only have 100 MB of storage). Jonathan Polley On Tuesday, March 30, 2004, at 01:52PM, Curtis L. Olson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Jonathan, > >Thanks, please let me know when you think these are ready to copy to ftp >server. Would it be preferable to just distribute the .app version? Is >there any problems for poeple if we leave the file compressed? I assume >they need to still download and install the base package (and specify >it's location when they run fgfs.) How hard would it be to bundle up a >mac version that includes the base package and the executable and is all >self extracting/installing? > >Thanks, > >Curt. > > >Jonathan Polley wrote: > >> I am putting two FlightGear executables on my web page. The first is >> a standard UNIX-style executable and the second uses a .app wrapper >> (probably as close as I can come to an installer under MacOS, since it >> really doesn't use them). They were built under MacOS X 10.3.3. >> >> http://homepage.mac.com/eq_fidget/fgfs/fgfs.tgz >> http://homepage.mac.com/eq_fidget/fgfs/FlightGear.app.tgz >> >> I would really appreciate it if someone were to download both of them >> and give them a try. It's not that I am paranoid or anything :) >> >> Jonathan Polley >> >> On Mar 29, 2004, at 4:22 PM, Curtis L. Olson wrote: >> >>> Jonathan Polley wrote: >>> >>>> Curt, >>>> >>>> I just built one last night. I can strip it and put on my web >>>> space for you to pick up. >>> >>> >>> Ok, thanks! By the way, do you or any other Mac developers have any >>> thoughts on packaging FG in a MacOSX friendly installer (kind of like >>> what we do for most of the other platforms?) Right now, most Mac >>> people have a pretty tough time dealing with a binary that has to be >>> executed from command line with command line options. It would be >>> nice to get the fgrun launcher going on the Mac platform as well. >>> This and better packaging could go a *long* ways towards making FG >>> more Mac friendly. >>> >>> Regards, >>> >>> Curt. >>> -- >>> >>> Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project >>> Twin Cities curt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org >>> Minnesota http://www.flightgear.org/~curt >>> http://www.flightgear.org >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Flightgear-devel mailing list >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Flightgear-devel mailing list >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > > >-- >Curtis Olson HumanFIRST Program FlightGear Project >Twin Cities curt 'at' me.umn.edu curt 'at' flightgear.org >Minnesota http://www.flightgear.org/~curt http://www.flightgear.org > > > >_______________________________________________ >Flightgear-devel mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel > > Of COURSE they can do that. They're engineers! _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mail.flightgear.org/mailman/listinfo/flightgear-devel
