On Thu, May 6, 2010 at 3:33 PM, Terry Brown <[email protected]> wrote:
>> But perhaps most importantly, the Leo homepage describes Leo as >> "Portable...runs on Windows, Linux and MacOS X." If the development >> team has no time to get a Mac version working, it would demonstrate >> integrity to alter that statement. > > Remember that the statement was probably written long before Leo started > using PyQt. I would imagine that running Leo in Tk mode on a Mac isn't so > difficult. Really Python, Qt, and Tk for that matter all aim to be platform > independent, and to the degree they're not, that's a shortcoming on their > parts rather than Leo's. Yes. Leo *can* be made to work on the Mac. I've done so and documented the (difficult) process. > But it does seem as if a caveat on the page in question would help avoid > disappointment on the part of users of OSs not supported by these > technologies. I agree. > Maybe "Portable...runs where ever Python and Qt or Tk run" might be more > general. :-) In my experience, such subtleties can get lost on users. In any case, we are all in agreement that getting Qt to run on the Mac is not for the faint of heart. Edward -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/leo-editor?hl=en.
