I just realized that I fell a day or so behind on reading my list mail. On the weekend I figured out CVS more or less--I made the problem harder by trying to see if the CVS functionality built into Apple's Xcode would help me out and in this case it does not. I'm just following Alan's straightforward instructions for creating and submitting patches. I've downloaded from CVS and got the CVS files connected back to Xcode as best as can be expected. When I tried to compile an example, I got a couple missing symbols which indicated that I needed to upgrade from 5.5.3 that I've been using, so Tuesday I figured out the Cmake stuff and now have my example (not an official plplot example but more complicated) working with 5.7.2. So I believe I'm ready to fix the things that Alan found a few days ago and then generate some more example files.
My experience with Cmake on OS X is that it works fine, at least for me. There was one problem that flummoxed me for a bit--the 4.2 compiler that I use from the Mac Ada guys was apparently made without Objective C support which caused Cmake (or make) to complain when trying to access the AquaTerm framework. This is a problem that I believe is a temporary one with this particular 4.2 compiler from macada.org but it's likely to persist for a while. Using an older compiler should cause no problems, but I like the 4.2 version because it has some stuff from the new Ada 200x standard that I like. The workaround while using Cmake was to edit my PATH variable so that Cmake didn't see the 4.2 compiler but the usual compiler. To be clear--this is not a problem with Cmake but only when using Cmake when the current 4.2 compiler from macada.org is installed per their instructions. BTW, anyone who follows the instructions for installing the compiler from macada.org will probably be frustrated because the web site needs updating. The solution is to post to that list and then discover how to download the most recent compiler. I might have discussed this in the Ada readme but I'm not sure right now. Jerry On Mar 5, 2007, at 10:14 AM, Alan W. Irwin wrote: > Jerry, I especially urge you to move forward with your Mac OS X > testing > since that is the platform where you developed the Ada interface, > and I want > to be sure that our CMake support of that interface is working fine > there > for you. If after reading http://sourceforge.net/cvs/?group_id=2915 > and > http://www.miscdebris.net/plplot_wiki/ you still have some > questions about > or problems with CVS or our CMake build system on Mac OS X, please > don't > hesitate to post them to this list. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys-and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV _______________________________________________ Plplot-devel mailing list Plplot-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/plplot-devel
