On Jun 17, 5:21 pm, Dan Drake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ----- Forwarded message from Roberto Canteri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -----
Hi Dan,
Greg Lansweber actually has working code code for an OSX app he demoed
at Dev1 that will hopefully make it into Sage soon.
Cheers,
Michael
> > Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2008 14:55:29 +0200
> > From: Roberto Canteri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: SAGE for Mac OSX-installation
>
> > Hello dr. Drake,
> > I am writing you because I wish to share the information for
> > making
> > SAGE a Mac OSX application with icon and double click for open it.
> > In the file sage-README-osx.txt there is the following:
>
> > If you're an OSX guru and want to make steps 4--6 much nicer,
> > join sage-devel and tell us. You'll be greatly appreciated
> > by a lot of people!
> > http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel
>
> > Unfortunately I am not a guru at all and I do not know how to post in a
> > IRC channel. So I beg your pardon for writing you instead of the
> > sage-devel. May be you are more familiar with IRC channel or mailing
> > lists than me and you could forward this small howto to the sage-devel.
> > Many thanks in advance.
> > Roberto
>
> > The following how-to worked for me:
>
> > HOWTO - SAGE - Mac OSX
>
> > 1) Download the Platypus application from here: http://
> >www.sveinbjorn.org/platypus
>
> > 2) Unzip it and Drag the Platypus folder somewhere, e.g., ~/Applications
>
> > 3) run the Platypus application:
> > At the graphical interface set the following:
> > App name: SAGE
> > Script Type: Shell
> > Script Path: Select... the file sage_script reported into this mail
> > Version: 3.0.2
> > Identifier: ""
> > Author: ""
>
> > On the right check "Remain running after completion"
> > optional: drag a png picture (eg:sage_banner.png) on the icon to change
> > it
> > then click on "Create"
>
> > This shoud create a MacOSX application folder SAGE.app with your icon
>
> > 4) Download the sage dmg from sagemath.org somewhere and double click on
> > it.
> > 5) Use finder to visit the SAGE.app folder (show package contents in the
> > Action menu) you just created and locate the Resources folder
>
> > 6) Drag all the files and folders which are in the sage folder into the
> > Resources folder of the SAGE.app you created
>
> > ** WARNING ** If you get an error copying the folder do the following:
> > Do not drag the the folder out of the dmg image. Use the
> > shell (via Terminal) and do a
> > "cp -R -P /Volumes/sage-2.9.2-OSX10.4-intel-i386-Darwin/sage/* ."
> > from the location where you want to install to. Adjust the name of
> > the
> > Volume as needed.
>
> > 7) Double click on the SAGE.app icon and SAGE should pop up in a
> > Terminal window.
>
> > No modification to any file are requested.
>
> > ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> > +++++++++++++++++
> > save the following script as a file eg:sage_script
>
> > #!/bin/sh
> > # Copyright (C) 2007, Thomas Treichl and Paul Kienzle
> > # This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
> > # it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
> > # the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
> > # (at your option) any later version.
> > #
> > # This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
> > # WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > # MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU
> > # General Public License for more details.
> > #
> > # You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
> > # along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software
> > # Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA
> > # 02110-1301 USA
>
> > SAGE_ROOT="${0%/script}"
>
> > if [ -z ${SAGE_TERM} ]; then
> > # This is the startup procedure written as AppleScript to open a
> > # Terminal.app (if the Terminal.app is not already running) and start
> > # the sage program.
> > # 20071007 removed: open -a /Applications/Utilities/Terminal.app
> > osascript 2>&1>/dev/null <<EOF
> > tell application "System Events" to set ProcessList to get name of
> > every process
> > tell application "Terminal"
> > activate
> > if ProcessList contains "Terminal" then
> > do script ("exec '${SAGE_ROOT}/sage'")
> > else
> > do script ("exec '${SAGE_ROOT}/sage'") in front window
> > end if
> > end tell
> > EOF
>
> > # If you set the variable ${SAGE_TERM} to "x11" then we try to open the
> > # X11 environment and a XTerm with the sage program running in this
> > # XTerm instead of a shell.
> > elif [ ${SAGE_TERM} == "x11" ]; then
> > open "/Applications/Utilities/X11.app"
> > if [ -z ${DISPLAY} ]; then export DISPLAY=:0.0; fi
> > /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -fn -adobe-courier-medium-*-*-*-14-*-*-*-*-*-*-* \
> > -e "'${SAGE_ROOT}/sage'";
> > fi
>
> > # Quit the sage application immediately after startup (ie. quitting
> > # it in the taskbar) because once it is started it cannot be restarted
> > # a second time. If sage.app stays (eg. because of a crash) opened
> > # then restarting is not possible.
> > osascript 2>&1>/dev/null <<EOF
> > tell application "sage"
> > quit
> > end tell
> > EOF
>
> > Roberto Canteri
>
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>
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>
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>
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>
> Dan
>
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